Hola, Marie,

Your poem touched me to the core. I can't say I'm a genuine Latino as truly as you are, but I do feel I am. Three hundred years of Spanish rule in my country, the Philippines so named after Felipe II, molded us into who and what we are; yet, unlike most Latinos we hardly flicker with a sign that deep inside we share Latino passions. Perhaps one reason is that we don't speak mp3raid
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Spanish though our language is littered with Spanish words. We go to school to learn Spanish and perhaps because subconsciously we know it, we learn it with some ease. I hardly recognized my Latino heritage until I signed up for a iction writing class in New York. First, my classmates noted my Spanish name. Second, and more revealing than my name, they read in my pieces my Latino heritage. I wasn't even conscious I was writing from my soul. Thanks again for your beautiful poem. I read it out aloud and felt my being rise.