Seeking the courage to carry on
Translation by Jessie Turner

Javier Solano

Today we have awakened to a new country, a country with a new conscience, risen from the mass of scrap metal of a train.
Today we have awakened with a wounded heart, a disturbed memory, an uneasy spirit. We have seen ourselves, and in the silence we have found answers to inevitable questions.
From the scraps of those trains, the blood that was spilled, and the lives that were taken, remains the torn but silent cry of the people, the Spanish people, that wakes up, astonished in the face of a disproportionate evil.
Yesterday we arose to be witnesses to a radical change in the reality that surrounds us.
Today we look for new meaning to that reality, in this new country in which life goes on, miraculously continuing in spite of those few who are dedicated to the contrary.
Today I look for a new courage in confronting my life, to step onto a train and find answers to the emotional awakening in which we are now submerged.