BIRTH
It was the first Sabbath of autumn, and the sun rose at six and fifteen. I remember because I saw the sky opening through the bathroom window, while taking a very hot bath, as I was instructed to do. Well, I doubt they said "well" hot, maybe they used the word "warm." I've never been warm, when it comes to bath water, coffee, or life.
The bath really helped. He calmed me down and reminded me that he was ready. I've been preparing for months, or for a lifetime. But who knows when life begins and when preparation begins?
I just didn't know the exact day I was leaving.
I was warned just before six. I woke up scared, knowing the day had finally come. The big trip was about to begin. I had already accepted that it would be only broken. That I wouldn't come home to the old life.
I should take it easy. If the journey would be long, there was no reason to rush. I took the long, hot bath, saw the rising sun. The bags had been packed for weeks, but I checked again. All right in mine and his.
I walked a little, in the hallway, feeling everything: the pain, the fear, the emotion.
I lay down again. There was still time. I wondered if I should tell my parents and closest friends. I haven't told you yet. There would be room to insert them at another time.
I turned on the bedroom TV. Not that I'd be able to watch anything in that situation, but I needed to silence the uncomfortable silence of dawn.
The husband insisted that I eat, but my belly, agitated, warned that it would not be a good idea to put anything else in. I thanked him for the boiled eggs he brought me to bed, but I promised to take them on the trip. I left it on the nightstand.
It was noon when we realized it was time. I said goodbye to my house, to my old reality, inhaling the full fort of coffee I couldn't drink. The husband carried the bags and I carried my life to the garage.
The drive wasn't long, but it took forever. It was uncomfortable, almost impossible. Every turn increased my suffocation.
Then discomfort gave way to the world’s greatest pain. Between pains, tears. Between tears, smiles. A dream was gaining body.
Hours passed, an entire afternoon.
At 18:30, the sun went down. I saw, through the window, the orange colors in the sky, the moment I was delivering my last energy, my last strength. As night was out, there the rising light of life vibrated. I saw those two wide eyes staring at me for the first time.
And I realized it wasn't the same one I left. Another I would return home with a new life in my lap.
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Inspiração Enterna
Lady Death was tired. How many lives had you led all eternity? Some so easy, some too difficult. He decided to observe, to understand why.
And he realized the key was in his habits. Sedentary lives with bad eating habits and addictions of all kinds were the easiest to take.
So, to make your job easier, you started spreading. Using social media, he posted viral videos teaching how to live "better".
He soon closed a millionaire public contract with a large food industry. Chips, cookies, soda. All full of sugar and sodium, the way Death likes it.
He dedicated himself so much to the new work of influencing that he forgot that without his life - taking work, nothing would make sense.
Everyone started following her, worshiping her. They ate what they wanted, the gyms closed, the drugs became as popular as Death.
After a while, Death's followers began to become seriously ill, but without the hope of an end to their removal from that torture.
And he realized the key was in his habits. Sedentary lives with bad eating habits and addictions of all kinds were the easiest to take.
So, to make your job easier, you started spreading. Using social media, he posted viral videos teaching how to live "better".
He soon closed a millionaire public contract with a large food industry. Chips, cookies, soda. All full of sugar and sodium, the way Death likes it.
He dedicated himself so much to the new work of influencing that he forgot that without his life - taking work, nothing would make sense.
Everyone started following her, worshiping her. They ate what they wanted, the gyms closed, the drugs became as popular as Death.
After a while, Death's followers began to become seriously ill, but without the hope of an end to their removal from that torture.
The story Tunania do Amor was written especially to participate in the Aline Alencar Contest. The theme was "the sound of love," and I spent almost the entire period of registration planning the story. I only wrote on the last day. The good news is that Abraham Lincoln's advice (if I had eight hours to cut a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my axe) proved pretty good. My tale was one of the winners, getting fifth place.
Waldir, who is the organizer of the contest and appraiser of the short stories, on the live of disclosure of the results, confessed that, although he enjoyed the story I created, he was reluctant to accept the ending. He called it tragedy. My teacher Liz Negrão always says the tale is an impact narrative. Maybe I weighed my hand a little bit in solving the story. Well, let's see what you guys tell me, you wanted a different ending?
Waldir, who is the organizer of the contest and appraiser of the short stories, on the live of disclosure of the results, confessed that, although he enjoyed the story I created, he was reluctant to accept the ending. He called it tragedy. My teacher Liz Negrão always says the tale is an impact narrative. Maybe I weighed my hand a little bit in solving the story. Well, let's see what you guys tell me, you wanted a different ending?
Marks in the sand
I'm running alone on the beach sand. I hear the sound of the waves breaking next to me, I look at the horizon and the question comes to me with strength: Who am I running from?
I'm running away from me. My fears, my anxiety. Procrastination, perfectionism. My pyres and ramblings. I'm running away from my failures, frustrations, disappointments.
I hear my breath, even more gasping. I feel my heart beating insanely inside me.
I can't get away.
Stop. I breathe. Once, twice. I look back. I can feel the salt air filling my lungs. I see the path that has come here, the marks of my steps that the tide tries to erase. Every mile my legs have won.
I turn around.
I'll run back in the opposite direction.
So I run into myself. To meet my fears, my courage. Of my daydreams. My wishes, my dreams and my accomplishments.
I get to the end of the race, where I started. And there I find myself: no longer the same.
I'm running alone on the beach sand. I hear the sound of the waves breaking next to me, I look at the horizon and the question comes to me with strength: Who am I running from?
I'm running away from me. My fears, my anxiety. Procrastination, perfectionism. My pyres and ramblings. I'm running away from my failures, frustrations, disappointments.
I hear my breath, even more gasping. I feel my heart beating insanely inside me.
I can't get away.
Stop. I breathe. Once, twice. I look back. I can feel the salt air filling my lungs. I see the path that has come here, the marks of my steps that the tide tries to erase. Every mile my legs have won.
I turn around.
I'll run back in the opposite direction.
So I run into myself. To meet my fears, my courage. Of my daydreams. My wishes, my dreams and my accomplishments.
I get to the end of the race, where I started. And there I find myself: no longer the same.
Coming up on this new platform. I'm excited and thinking about what content to make available here. Happy to have all this space now thought of us independent authors.