Defiant ( Written for my sister Juana)

In this life I learned to be defiant

You say I'm micro but I say I'm a giant

You told me I wouldn't walk and I out ran you all

Uplifting my spirit never letting it fall

I rose from the ashes like a phoenix from the fire

I did what I wanted my every desire

Walked my own path even while staring at death

Smiled at the b*st*rd and took my last breath

With defiance in my heart and strength in my voice

I told him he wasn't needed because I left by choice

Defiant as ever I then turned around and looked at the footsteps I left in the ground

Traces of me left everywhere in every person I know and every memory shared.

BY Carmen Castro