From my balcony
I had a real
awakening while looking out from my balcony just the day when this confinement
was declared. I realised that during this lock down, my balcony would be an
awesome window to breathe the freedom that I was deprived of.
What I can see
from there is the majestic Badajoz’s longest bridge called Puente Real with a
few cars approaching in the distance along the bridge. Only the slow movement
of cars makes me feel that it is not a picture. It is much more similar to a
film set, especially when every sunset the sun is barely peeping through the
clouds and touching carefully the metal part of the bridge. This image is a
breathtaking moment to enjoy.
A refreshingly
cool breeze always moisturizes my face while I can only listen to the silence in the air. No people
hanging out, no lively streets,
only me and the inspiring smell of a freshly grounded cup of strong coffee with a sprinkle of cinnamon on top.
Victoria
Carrillo
A VIEW FROM MY WINDOW
I am locked
down, you are locked down… half the world is locked down these days. And, during
my solitary confinement, a tranquil gaze
from my window is the only way to scape. Fortunately, I live on
a 5th floor; the 5th floor of a fifty-year-old building fronted by
modern yet low-rise ones: a
kind of privilege, given the circumstances…
So, I open my
window: I can feel the warm, extremely
soft spring breeze and close my eyes to deeply breath the freshest, cleanest, pollution-free
air in years. Then I take a calm long look outside, over the tiled roofs until my eyes meet the
farthest buildings, a tiny bit of the west horizon…and the sky. A mesmerizing pinkish-orange partly clouded
sky displaying a strikingly awesome sunset, so totally breathking that makes me
forget for a moment the cloud of uncertainty we are living under.
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