Regreso a la patria

Rogelio sostenía una vieja fotografía en blanco y negro cuando escucho la bocina del taxi, miró su reloj, ya era la hora de partir, tomo el boleto de avión que se hallaba sobre la mesa y salió de su casa, había sido un viaje que deseaba realizar desde hacía muchos años, pero ahora no le entusiasmaba en lo más mínimo.

Mientras el taxi lo conducía al aeropuerto, una serie de recuerdos comenzaron a surgir del baúl de su memoria; las visitas que hacían a sus abuelos en vacaciones, las salidas a la playa, la excursión hacia Canaima, así como la vez en la que encontró una gallina perdida en el patio de su abuela, la cual quiso llevársela a su apartamento, lo que hizo enfurecer a su madre, ya que sus abuelos y su padre le autorizaron a tenerla como mascota.

Ante la negativa férrea de su madre, tuvo que dejarla en casa de sus abuelos, quienes cuidaron de la gallina y todos los pollitos que posteriormente llegó a tener, suceso que lo alegro mucho y que hacía que anhelara ir más a menudo a verlos. Los recuerdos iban acudiendo a su mente uno tras otro, y no deseaba detenerlos en ese momento.

Contemplo, las luces del aeropuerto con las lágrimas en sus ojos, regresaba a su patria después de diez años de exilio voluntario, aunque sabía que ya no sería lo mismo, sus abuelos, sus padres y su hermano habían fallecido, solo le quedaban sus recuerdos y unas viejas fotografías en blanco y negro.

Rogelio was holding an old black and white photograph when he heard the cab horn, he looked at his watch, it was time to leave, he took the plane ticket that was on the table and left his house, it had been a trip he had wanted to make for many years, but now he was not the least bit excited.

As the cab drove him to the airport, a series of memories began to emerge from the trunk of his memory; the visits they made to his grandparents on vacations, the trips to the beach, the excursion to Canaima, as well as the time he found a lost chicken in his grandmother's yard, who wanted to take it to her apartment, which made his mother furious since his grandparents and his father authorized him to keep it as a pet.

Faced with his mother's steadfast refusal, he had to leave her at his grandparent's house, who took care of the hen and all the chicks he later had, an event that made him very happy and made him long to go and see them. The memories came to his mind one after the other, and he did not want to stop them at that moment.

He contemplated the lights of the airport with tears in his eyes, he was returning to his homeland after ten years of voluntary exile, although he knew that it would no longer be the same, his grandparents, his parents, and his brother had passed away, only his memories remained and some old black and white photographs.