Se ha metido bajo tu piel.
¿Tú lo sabías? ¿Te importó? ¿Lo permitiste, quizá por una corazonada?
Le miraste, le tocaste, le respiraste y, en ese momento, tú dejaste de ser tú, solo tú, para pasar a ser tú, tú con ella dentro.
Ahora no piensas en otra cosa, o, mejor dicho, sigues pensando sobre todo lo demás, pero, todo ese tiempo, ella está ahí. Te mira en silencio desde detrás de tus globos oculares, te escucha desde detrás de tus oídos y tú no puedes, no quieres hacer nada. Probablemente lo más fácil sea dejarse llevar, dejarse rodear, invadir y conquistar, como meciéndote con las olas, sin remar, solo flotando.
¿A dónde os llevará esto? ¿Quiere ella ir a algún sitio?
¿Por qué se ha introducido en ti? ¿Necesitaba estar completa o solo va a alimentarse y dejar una cáscara vacía? Ese es el pensamiento que te aterra.
jueves, 30 de abril de 2020
martes, 31 de marzo de 2020
Self confinement in the head of Timothy. Timothy in the red room. The red room in the blue house
Timmy lay under the table, pondering... He knew he wasn't himself anymore. But who was he? What had happened to him? Was he now the person he had wanted to be? Had his wish somehow been granted? And what were the consequences of that?
Who was he now? Was that better than being no one at all?
Trying to go out of his world was harder every passing day, and each attempt was less and less successful. All of this was reinforced by his new mental rules: now he could only speak exactly three and a half sentences per day, and look at exactly five people in the eye, and consider the idea touching thirty-five different objects at most, of which then he could pick only twenty (which, if you think about it, is an extremely low upper limit for someone who intends to live, eat more than one meal a day, maintain a certain, even if small, amount of hygiene and perhaps, enjoy reading for a bit, if you take into account the fact that different pages counted as different objects, which of course he did).
Was he getting closer to his goal? Did that mean the world, the real world, would grow further and further away from him?
Was it worth it? In this world, he wasn't anyone, but still, was it a world he could afford to wave goodbye to? Maybe if he could count on— No. That would never haver worked, as much as the six of them had tried.
And so he was alone in the pursue of something more, of something better, but in that same pursuing he was leaving this world, trying to walk above the mist of the night, always finding small reasons to carry on, but never actually sure that he was right.
Timmy wasn't Timmy anymore, that's the only thing he knew.
Who was he now? Was that better than being no one at all?
Trying to go out of his world was harder every passing day, and each attempt was less and less successful. All of this was reinforced by his new mental rules: now he could only speak exactly three and a half sentences per day, and look at exactly five people in the eye, and consider the idea touching thirty-five different objects at most, of which then he could pick only twenty (which, if you think about it, is an extremely low upper limit for someone who intends to live, eat more than one meal a day, maintain a certain, even if small, amount of hygiene and perhaps, enjoy reading for a bit, if you take into account the fact that different pages counted as different objects, which of course he did).
Was he getting closer to his goal? Did that mean the world, the real world, would grow further and further away from him?
Was it worth it? In this world, he wasn't anyone, but still, was it a world he could afford to wave goodbye to? Maybe if he could count on— No. That would never haver worked, as much as the six of them had tried.
And so he was alone in the pursue of something more, of something better, but in that same pursuing he was leaving this world, trying to walk above the mist of the night, always finding small reasons to carry on, but never actually sure that he was right.
Timmy wasn't Timmy anymore, that's the only thing he knew.
martes, 25 de febrero de 2020
Cumpleaños
La cama hecha, el escritorio vacío, los juguetes ordenados. Ni un calcetín sin su par, ni un pantalón fuera de su sitio en la percha, en el armario.
La persiana subida, la luz iluminando su cuarto.
Piensas que jamás será feliz lejos del mar, pero tú no eres quién para decidir eso, ni quieres serlo. Te sientas con cuidado en el borde de la cama, intentando no mover esa maldita colcha que siempre se cae hacia un lado, y recuerdas las tardes de risas, las mañanas de agobios y prisas.
Suena el teléfono a lo lejos. Te levantas. No tocas nada. Cierras la puerta con cuidado.
La persiana subida, la luz iluminando su cuarto.
Piensas que jamás será feliz lejos del mar, pero tú no eres quién para decidir eso, ni quieres serlo. Te sientas con cuidado en el borde de la cama, intentando no mover esa maldita colcha que siempre se cae hacia un lado, y recuerdas las tardes de risas, las mañanas de agobios y prisas.
Suena el teléfono a lo lejos. Te levantas. No tocas nada. Cierras la puerta con cuidado.
viernes, 31 de enero de 2020
¿La vaca que ríe?
En primer lugar, confirmar que cada vez tengo más dejado el blog. Me sabe mal, pero es como van yendo las cosas y en este momento es así. Aunque con cuatro o cinco visitas al mes, tampoco es que sea ningún gran problema.
Y en segundo lugar, qué rabia ver los carteles de La vaca que ríe por ahí. No, ninguna vaca se ríe mientras está siendo inseminada artificialmente, ni cuando le sacan la leche, ni cuando le salen úlceras, ni cuando le arrebatan al ternero, ni cuando entra al matadero. La vaca no se ríe ni un poquito.
Ya sé que es una técnica publicitaria para transmitir una buena sensación a los consumidores y alejarlos de la verdad, pero qué rabia.
Y en segundo lugar, qué rabia ver los carteles de La vaca que ríe por ahí. No, ninguna vaca se ríe mientras está siendo inseminada artificialmente, ni cuando le sacan la leche, ni cuando le salen úlceras, ni cuando le arrebatan al ternero, ni cuando entra al matadero. La vaca no se ríe ni un poquito.
Ya sé que es una técnica publicitaria para transmitir una buena sensación a los consumidores y alejarlos de la verdad, pero qué rabia.
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