THAT WHICH GIVES MEANING TO LIFE GIVES MEANING TO DEATH
On 31/10 on the third floor of an apartment in Arcadia Street, during the processing of explosives by my comrade and insurgent Kyriakos Xymitiris, an explosion took place with tragic consequence of his death. Within a few minutes and while I happened to be in the next room, time froze, everything went black and I was unable to move. The condition incomprehensible, the development incomprehensible. Buried in the wreckage trying to figure out what happened.
Asking for help, looking for my partner with my eyes. Slowly realizing that while the thread of my comrade’s action would be abruptly cut, his life and his choices of struggle would be a historic flash of determined resistance, consistency and dedication, a springboard and inspiration for struggle. Two figures appeared offering help while I showed them the spot where I last saw my comrade, the spot where our guilty gazes met, gazes full of anger at the world we live in, full of faith and appetite for moments of true freedom.
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