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Elmira
Salamat
The
Ground
Floor
Life
is
stronger
than
you
are,
even
when
you
deny
it,
even
when
you
neglect
it,
even
when
you
refuse
to
admit
it;
it
is
stronger
than
everything.
Those
people,
who
returned
from
the
concentration
camps,
began
giving
birth
to
children
again.
Men
and
women
who
were
tortured,
who
saw
their
loved
ones
die
and
watched
their
homes
burn
down,
once
again
ran
for
the
buses,
listened
carefully
to
the
weather
forecasts
and
saw
their
daughters
get
married.
It
is
unbelievable
but
that
is
the
way
it
is.
Life
is
stronger
than
anything
else.
(Anna
Gavalda,
je
l'aimais).
At
times,
when
taking
steps,
instead
of
moving
forward
I go
back;
I
look
at
my
memories
and
remember
them
with
all
their
details
and
taste
their
sweetness
and
bitterness
over
and
over
again.
I
find
myself
alone,
this
time
in
the ground
floor,
which
is
an
interpretation
of
the
attachments,
losses,
breaking
down
into
pieces
and
becoming
whole
again,
and
for
a
moment,
time
stops
from
passing
by
for
me
and
yet,
it
still
calls
upon
me
to
carry
on.
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