Sometimes I try to imagine the morning of October. 7 in when René González will be able to see the sunlight again without the encumbrance of rusty bars and I think: After thirteen years of unjust imprisonment, what will come to his mind?

Probably, he will feel no hate towards those who stole his freedom, but pity. Pity because they will never be free until they are able to love each other and use that love to create. Pity because they will never feel the love and suffering of a country that sacrifices for its children. And loneliness will surround them even when they have thousands of people by their side.

Perhaps that morning, he will feel again the embrace of his relatives after many years of separation. I imagine it will be as memorable a moment as the birth of his daughters, the first kiss from his wife or his mother’s first tap to scold him they way mothers do. But what I am sure of is that he will smile to life, because that’s what smart people do.

Because Rene is one of those people who are born to be a bridge and rise above the deepest abysses to save the distances, even if it is from as far as another shore.

Translated by: Daysi Olano

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