This is a beautiful post, @hlezama, and sad too. Children should retain their innocence while they are young, and the world should be a giant playground, not a place to learn to be frightened and to do bad deeds out of fear, anger and deprivation.

Your translation of the poem is amazing. I can only imagine that must have been a lot of work!

I do hope the historical site is preserved. People in your homeland are so overtaxed by the political and socio-economic issues that it is doubtlessly a low priority. As always, I pray for better times ahead in Venezuela.