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Stories about life: why you are alone

Stories and News No. 840

Another crime reporter was murdered in Mexico. Since 2000 the journalists killed in Veracruz are sixteen, ten in the last five years.
Anabel Flores Salazar, from El Sol de Orizaba, leaves two sons, four years and few months old.
These words are for them…

You are alone.

You are alone, now, because your mother has been left alone.

You are alone because your mother was fighting to make feel justice less alone.

You are alone because there is a void to be filled.
And now you are part of it.

You are alone because a lone woman is sufficient to fight.

You are alone because a lone woman, or a man, is rarely enough to win.

You are alone because the vile, you see, is never alone.

You are alone because the brave, remember, should never be left alone.

You are alone because so the truth is.

You are alone because, on the contrary, lies are ever more and more.

You are alone because Mom believed in the power of words.
And despite what they say, do like her.

You are alone because someone felt damn alone.
Thanks to her.

You are alone because someone felt damn small.
Thanks to her.

You are alone, now.

You are alone, children, because your mother has been left alone.

You are alone because your mother gave her life.
To make feel less alone.
All the others…

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