Wanting to come back but without leaving here
We continue with the publication of the micro-stories of the third edition of the competition: High Altitude Storieswe let you enjoy with "Wanting to come back but without leaving here"by Francesc Eugeni Rul-lan Solana.
Wanting to come back but without leaving here
-by Francesc Eugeni Rul-lan Solana-.
The earth spinning so fast and up here everything is so still.
Unabashed and without a cloud to cover its beauty, the moon has begun its night today when the sun still paints the sky blue and orange. I feel like yesterday in the forest, oscillating between euphoria and melancholy: wanting to return but without leaving here, wanting to finish but without this ending.
I breathe in consciously to fill myself with everything I see, smell, touch and feel, as if I could keep it inside. My skin stands up like mountain grass and two fine streams flow from my eyes.
And then I think of you, Sira, and I tell the sky that I love you from one end of this beautiful valley to the other.
Written on 17 August 2021 at Refugi de l'Illa,
30 days after leaving Cape Higuer for the Mediterranean
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