Why don't you look at me? I am here in front of him. Am I transparent or what? Last year I saw him in high school every day, we took the same bus and sometimes I even saw him on the subway. But of course he's older than me and he's in college now. And I do not. Why does life put everything so close at hand but at the same time with so many obstacles? I go to the same library every day so I can see him. Is that good for me to be happy? Well I do not know. I only know that those moments I feel so good that that alone is worth going to. Oh, how good I feel !! And suddenly, one day I get tired of being like that, of always going with the fears of not liking it, of not greeting people out of shame. At last,one day I forget my flaws and decide to ignore certain derogatory comments from the past or not to think about the horrible dental appliance that I have been wearing for a year. And I look at him and ask him if he has a pen. And he answers me with a smile. Everything has been worth it …. That was 15 years old and since then, I have thought that you always have to try.
Laura Cordero Gonzalez
