An Old Poem Using Maroon 5's Song Titles

I've always been a huge fan of Maroon 5 or perhaps just Adam Levine and his sexy voice, but one day I randomly decided to write a blog post during MySpace days using their song titles. All the words in caps lock are obviously the song titles. It wasn't about anyone specific, just thought it would be interesting to do...


I had a WAKE UP CALL on SUNDAY MORNING and it kind of MAKES ME WONDER about THIS LOVE that I CAN'T STOP. I can't decide if it MUST GET OUT or if it should be a SECRET but I want you...so bad. It makes it HARDER TO BREATHE every time I hear your calming yet arousing music play with that sweet sexy voice that sends SHIVER up my spine. I'm TANGLED in this dream where this girl thinks SHE WILL BE LOVED, and right before I wake up from THE SUN beaming through my window, we have THE SWEETEST GOODBYE, and I realize you're NOT COMING HOME to me. So IF I NEVER SEE YOUR FACE AGAIN, I won't mind, because knowing I had a LITTLE OF YOUR TIME, is like eating a KIWI, sweet start but bitter when it's done. So just as long as there's some sweetness to this, it's okay, because I know NOTHING LASTS FOREVER. - By Jessica Mendes

Written on November 26, 2008

America: Land of the Greed

        The news has been nothing but beyond awful these past few weeks, and I mean more than usual, but I'm sure you've already noticed that so I probably sound like Captain Obvious. It's just so saddening that we never hear about anything good, or perhaps it's just because people are drawn to the bad news more, but lately the world seems so depressing and neurotic that it makes me wonder "what if this is really the beginning of the end?" Before you start calling me crazy, I was never one to think the world would end. I was always the one laughing at the people that thought the world would end in the year 2000 or when the Mayans claimed the world would end in December of 2012 or other so called Christians that said the world was ending in various different dates, but I recently started reading the Book of Revelation in the Bible and I'm really not surprised if we're headed in that direction the way the world is turning and with the signs in the Book, but for now I'll say it's not ending just getting pretty bad.
          From the Boston bombing that killed several young people and injured so many and left some without limbs they used to dance professionally with or run in marathons to raise money for charity, to multiple apartment complex fires in one day, to another case of a psychotic woman that killed her boyfriend in multiple ways that when I visualize it, I can't help but almost gag, to a 9-year old Autistic girl that went missing for only a few days near her family's vacation home and her body being found dead by Cache Creek, to another little girl getting killed for crossing the street with her aunt after school because someone drove too fast and hit her. A really good major thing that has happened recently was finding the three girls in Ohio that have been missing for a decade, but just the thought of that is also painful, because they'll probably be traumatized for the rest of their lives, because of the agony they went through during those 10 years with an awful man. 

        In San Jose, where I live, things have gotten even worse and just full of crimes recently. However, it's supposed to be one of the safest big cities in America. People would always say East San Jose is ghetto, but that was just because of thug wannabes, graffiti, prostitutes, the way people and buildings looked, etc. It never really had a huge crime rate, but it's now getting to the point where people are scared to go out, because of horrific situations such as a shooting in our own Safeway, or another shooting that happened between two cousins, and just yesterday a mentally ill man became a suspect for stabbing three family members, two of which are dead, his 40-year old mother and his 1-year old baby nephew. A 3 year old girl is in the hospital in critical condition because of it. Luckily, they captured the suspect, but it won't bring their lives back, and we don't really know for sure yet if he actually did it. This makes many people angry and afraid, but the only thing I want to know is what makes people crazy enough to do any of this? How can someone actually WANT to pick up a weapon and kill someone when it's not in the least bit of self defense? Is it built up frustration and anger or lack of patience, or is it greed and the way the economy is that drives people mad, or is it because they're mentally ill? It seems like mental illness has been the so called root of crimes lately. Even worse, how can someone kill their own family members? 

        I strongly believe many of those people have forgotten the meaning of family and friendship. Mexicans are against other Mexicans, blacks are against other black people, Asians and Italians have mafias, South Americans are killing because of drug trades, the Middle East is...well, the Middle East. Basically, it's a never ending cycle of hate and crime, and a lot of it has to do with money and selfishness. It's a fight to be on top instead of living equally in unity with love and compassion and instead of fighting for one another and defending their people, they fight against their own kind. If that's not a sign of the world ending or turning into a major disaster of greed and a cry for help then I don't know what is. Where is the love? Where did the days go when kids could go outside in the street and play? Now they just stay home and play on their gadgets and get hooked on phone and computer screens and bully each other in schools to the point where so many people commit suicides. What about the days when neighbors would visit each other periodically just to say hello and bring over food or when people would pass by each other on the street and smile or say hello just because it's the courteous thing to do. Now, people judge one another based on their looks, religion, culture, whether they're too fat, too skinny, what their job is, who they're with, what they do, because society has built this image everyone is "supposed to have" and if we don't have it, it drives us crazy, because we can't have what we think we're supposed to have and we become selfish and angry with ourselves and the world for making us think we have to be a certain way. 

        America is supposed to be the land of the free, but people take advantage of the word "free" and think it's okay to kill people or it's okay to cuss people out on the road, or it's okay to do drugs and do nothing with your life, all because it's a "free" country. That's not the meaning of a country with freedom. Our country is supposed to be free, because we earned it, free, because our troops fight for that freedom, free, because our country was once a country filled with loving people that stood up for one another and stuck together through thick and thin, free, because our ancestors came here to make a living to better their lives. The more we take advantage of something, the more it gets taken away from us and that's why our world has become so sickening and full of greed, because we take advantage of the word "free" and think it's okay to be cruel and have that careless mentality. Well, I always say "You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar" and "you always get in return what you give out" so ask yourselves this: Is there a reason to have hate in your heart, be cruel to others, fight your own kind, or be angry and hold grudges? Your response should be "No." If yes, then perhaps reconsider your thought process and ask if your reasons for that are worth it. Life is what you make it and for the most part it can be wonderful if we surround ourselves with good people and do good things, so let's turn America back into the true country of freedom and help each other and other nations to become the best they can be as well. The only way you can do that is to start with yourself.

God bless and thanks for reading. :)