I am from a city that has noisy sirens. A busy street with my address on it, green bricks, and black doors. I go there after school every day and sit on my comfortable bed while my homework is on my desk waiting to be written on. I stare at it and wish it wasn’t there but I do it anyway so I am not behind. I have a sometimes mean and funny sister who likes to irritate me with her annoying self.

I am from a mind that wonders everyday waiting to be used. But it always stays blank. It has space to grow but doesn’t want to. My brain is like a flower that doesn’t want to bloom, waiting everyday for something new. I wish that covid didn’t hit and that the world would go back to the way it used to be. No pandemic. No masks. 

I am from delicious juicy golden nachos that don’t want to be eaten and want to stare at the outside world every day. I wish that I could go to the moon, touch the beautiful bright shining stars that explore the planets. I wish I could float around while holding my cute little cat. I wish we could know what is beyond the constellations, the universe and know what to expect in the future. 

I am from a family that likes 80s music and knows most of the songs and artists. I am from a family that listens to Spanish music when cleaning around the dirty smelly house with the smell of disgusting blue and green chemicals. I am from parties where the music is so loud that everyone is dancing with delicious food and bubbly drinks in their hands.

I am from a group of kind, caring friends and me. My name is Mar Mar sometimes and it’s nice because I like to imagine the ocean with cute sea animals and baby turtles. My parents say I am smart like when a flower blooms it’s pretty colors. I wish that I could be a cat and sleep all day without having to worry about doing work all day.

I am from a world that has a virus going around continuing to knock on doors to find someone to give it to. New variants are coming. All I have seen is a dying world around me. Strikes, protests. This is where I am from.