Selected Works of Alexandra Lopez Iglesias

You were fierce from the start.

Incompatible blood types.

Antibodies destroying your cells.

You latched on with such intensity and resolve.

It frightened me, and it hurt.

I wanted to quit, but then I saw you. 

I really saw you. 

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An individual in her own right doing what she needed to survive.

You were so little, but you were already you.

Determined. Strong. Persistent.

I had to rise up, fight just as hard. 

Self-centeredness undone. 

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You live with such fervor and wonder.

Free to your core. 

You feel profoundly. I get it. A blessing and a curse. 

You love deeply.  Demonstrate it in your own way. 

Norms don’t seem to apply.

Your actions easily mistaken as indifference, apathy. But they’re not, you just value freedom above all else.

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Tight hugs, shoes, pleads for caution, 

don’t slow you down. 

A truly wild, magical creature 

that cannot, and should not be tamed.