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This book encapsulates 10 years’ worth of difficult life lessons, beautiful love songs, horrible heartbreaks, and growing up. You’ll find a collection of poems written for people. Poems I could never bring myself to share. There are themes in this book that deal with the complexities of self-acceptance, religious struggles, and the weight of family expectations as experienced by a gay Latino. Through reading this book, you’ll meet characters who have captivated and shaped me into who I am today. You’ll see my journey from adolescence to adulthood and hopefully, through my experience, you will see yourself as well.