Hatred Strikes Them Incessantly

By Francisco Muñoz Soler

Hatred strikes them incessantly
who pay the price for the sin
of being different or believing differently,

an everyday cruelty
sheltered by stigmas
that trivializes the horror,

hatred which perseveres, seduces,
permeating the weak
offering them identity and refuge,

a country reduced to ashes
where wounds germinate
and the sun is always distant.