Several dozens of people, persons of culture, officials and children Tuesday came to the bust of poet Grigore Vieru set up on the Classical Writers Alley in Chisinau to lay flowers and commemorate two years of his death, Info-Prim Neo reports. Head of Parliament Marian Lupu said January 18, 2009 was a tragic day as Grigore Vieru's death is an irrecoverable loss for the national culture and art as well as for the whole system of spiritual values used to educate entire generations. Prime Minister Vlad Filat said Grigore Vieru was, is and will be our essence. “He remained among us through his poems that describe the love for mother, country, language and for what is the most valuable to people,” he stressed. Minister of Culture Boris Focsa stated for Info-Prim Neo that Grigore Vieru's work represents a spiritual pillar. “His works are simple and simultaneously complicated. They make us realize that we are all born to love,” he said. Actor Nicolae Darie, who performs in the play “I Called for You” based on Grigore Vieru's poems, said he was proud that he was close to the poet. “He was like a father for many generations that studied his sincere and deep poems,” he stated. Journalist Valeriu Saharneanu, the head of the Journalists Union of Moldova, said that Grigore Vieru is our living history and that his work will live for many centuries. “We should be happy that we had been contemporary with him,” he stressed. Grigore Vieru was seriously injured in a car accident on the night of January 16, 2009. He was admitted to the Chisinau Emergency Hospital, where he died 48 hours later as a result of a cardiac arrest. The poet was returning from a concert in memory of Mihai Eminescu given in Cahul.