domingo, 26 de junio de 2016

10 scars i can't heal






" She didn't know who would leave or stay so instead she pushed them all away"- unknown. 


1. I looked at the infinite train rails and laughed when I remembered what you just said: "Come on, beautiful! Don't look at me like this: as if we would never see eachother again" I tried to smile but couldn't. And our good bye kiss tasted as the last bitter time I would touch your lips. The train rails were infinite... we weren't anymore, though.
2. Each time I pass by that street can't help but staring at our bench for a while. That day you promised me that you were not leaving and that you'll stay for ever. Since that, I stopped promising and started loving the smoke that incense leaves when it burns. It looks like your words. All lies.
3. The night you finally said goodbye something inside me broke (still searching those pieces). A poor single message: "Goodbye, then". I realized I needed more air and opened the window. Enormous tears fell down my face and the Moon wasn't there to dry them. Even the stars remind me of his eyes. Damn, I f*cking loved you. But you didn't care anymore.
4. There's not a single time that I don't wish we accidentally met at that train station again. You know I took the train each day, but you didn't mind, uh.
5. I can't go through your street without staring at the door: It would be very easy... I just will ring the bell and I will see your beautiful brown eyes again, before I run away from you.
6. Do you look at her the way you used to look at me? I'm sure she doesn't know that sometimes you seem angry and rude but you're just upset. She doesn't know that if she waits enough maybe someday you'll tell her why, maybe you won't. She won't understand that some days you shine and light up the hole damn sky and others you fall down and prefer to be alone.
7. I still feel like falling apart when at night, I realize that the next day I won't be saying good morning to you. Still search for you when I'm drunk, like if you could appear in those crowded places and kiss me again.
8. I am not capable of breaking the letter I wrote to you. You're never going to read it, are you.
9. Now I see how you played with my heart as you did with my curls around your fingers. I knew it was not okay, but, I loved you too much.
10. Two years have almost passed since I last heard "I love you" from your mouth. Too many days since I last smell your clothes in a long warm hug. It's okay if you decide to come one day and say sorry. I don't care if it's tonight or 10 years from now. Just come.


Did you ever love me? 
at some point, I guess. 
But you always loved you more.
OCT. 2015

lunes, 6 de junio de 2016


TRAFICANTE DE RECUERDOS




"I'm terrified that once I let go of the sadness, I'll have to let go of you too".

Cualquiera pensará que no se trata de una profesión, carece de importancia o es absurdo. Sólo se me ocurre contestaros que si creéis eso, es porque no tenéis nada valioso que contarme.
El procedimiento es duradero y requiere suma paciencia, únicamente se puede aprender viéndolo de otra persona: mi abuelo me lo enseñó a mí y a él el suyo, así generación tras generación.  Ahora corre peligro, porque la gente ha dejado de dedicarle tiempo a lo realmente importante para mirar el mundo a través de una pantalla. Se trata de una pandemia peligrosa, pues los momentos junto a un aparato electrónico nadie los quiere rememorar. ¿Entendéis a qué me refiero?
Lo primero y más complicado es estar en el momento adecuado: debes fijarte en cada detalle que lo rodea con la misma intensidad con la que observabas todo cuando eras niño y lo más importante es que te sorprendas por las cosas pequeñas. Luego, todo lo contrario: cierras los ojos y escuchas, sientes, hueles. Con cuidado, ya os he dicho antes que son segundos delicados y hay que tratarlos con cariño. Si creo que tiene valor, me dedico a irlo a buscar: el recuerdo, sí. A veces se esconden donde menos lo esperas, una sonrisa, un paseo de domingo, la chica sentada en el tren, la primera gota de lluvia, una mañana fría, un abrazo. Supongo que hay que saber dónde encontrarlo y algunos pensáis que es una pérdida de tiempo; no lo es. El tiempo que paso lo encuentro siempre de nuevo, lo hago eterno. Y ahí reside la grandiosa fuerza de mi trabajo, en un mundo como este. Ni la más fiel promesa podría alcanzar la pureza de un momento, todas ellas se tornan humo tarde o temprano.
Redondeo los cantos para volverlos inocuos, pulo la imagen con esmero, lo clasifico escribiendo su categoría en el dorso: recuerdo feliz, recuerdo triste que una vez fue feliz, recuerdo gracioso, etc. Tal vez los recuerdos rotos son los que más cuido: los encuentro hechos añicos e intento pegarlos, aunque no suele ser fácil. A pesar de ello, son mis preferidos.

Los guardo todos en mi cartera y se los doy a aquellos que veo paseando solos.