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“I am a poet. My sacred mission is to dream, to sing, to elevate souls.
“Art for art's sake: pure beauty, truth in form, transcending all utility.
“A world where many worlds fit. That is our dream.
“The swan, symbol of aesthetic beauty, eternal, noble, and pure, guiding Modernismo's dream.
“To be a poet is to know the beauty of the universe and suffer for it.
“I write because I have no other way to tell what is happening to my people.
“Our culture is our resistance.
“Bureaucracy is the perfect absurd poem, where logic dies a thousand tiny deaths.
“To fear change is to fear life itself, for life is constant transformation.
“The deepest loneliness is not found in solitude, but within a indifferent crowd.
“Behind our black mask, behind our armed voice, we have a simple dream.
“There is no freedom if there is no justice for all.
“Memory is the most subversive thing there is.
“Freedom is not a gift, but a perpetual conquest, demanding vigilance and courage.
“To be a poet in Central America is to carry the scars of history.
“To govern is to obey. That is our way.
“Memory is a weapon. Use it to remember the struggle, to forge the future.
“Hope is not an illusion; it is the stubborn refusal to surrender.
“Words are not innocent; they carry worlds, build bridges or sever connections.
“Peace is not just an absence of conflict; it's the creation of conditions where all can flourish.