The Mind's Eye: The hat that doesn't hide my tears [ENG/ESP] | Story

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At a bar, a man was calmly drinking a glass of aguardiente. The heat came down his throat and drove the cold away from his loneliness. Since his wife left him for a much younger man, going out drinking on Fridays and Saturdays became a habit. The gray raincoat covered his almost bony frame very well, and the signs of baldness peeking out on his head were protected by a brown hat.

Gabriel was not a fan of alcoholic drinks, but a poor soul drowning his sorrows in dark nights, tinged with unbearable melancholy. The divorce greeted him on his sixth year of marriage, and at that moment his life was frozen. Time passed by, but he did not move, he let himself go.

Now that his wife was with another man, he tended to dwell on deep thoughts. He simply was not able to get up and go on; instead, he examined the situation as a mathematical problem and looked for a non-existent solution.

Soon, anger overcame sadness. The weak man felt invigorated by the pure desire of giving an end to that pain that was afflicting him. He began to drink more often, and as he got drunk, he defined the execution of his masterpiece. In the end, he opted for a dagger that would allow him to feel first hand the heat of the blood staining the floor.

One afternoon, he went out to the park to see if he could find the flower he longed to pluck. For better or worse, it only took her half an hour to find her beloved who was accompanied by her new partner. When she saw them in the distance, she felt how rage possessed her, the grip of the dagger became noticeably stronger, however, when she got close enough she realized one thing, she was crying...

For a moment he was paralyzed, he did not understand why that would happen, to find out he approached slowly without being seen.

When he got close enough to listen, he was surprised. She was crying for him. The man sitting on the bench comforted him as he listened empathetically and did his best to heal the wound in that heart.

The truth was simpler than it seemed. The reason for her divorce was not infidelity, but abandonment. Gabriel spent much of his time at work, and as the years passed, this fact became more evident. After six short years, love had cooled and she felt like a complete stranger in her own home, so she decided to leave.

Tears caressed Gabriel's face, finding out about the mistake he made was heartbreaking, but he understood right away, her pain was no less. He put the dagger in his pocket and went back the way it came. What was done was done, the seed of love that once planted, had dried up. He was unable to pretend he hadn't done things wrong.

While his eyes were clouded with tears. He adjusted his hat in such a way as to hide his expression. After much thought, he bought two bottles of aguardiente and invited some friends to drink, because he knew that this night would be very long, and he wanted to take out everything he had inside.


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El sombrero que no oculta mis lágrimas

En la barra de un bar, un hombre bebía calmadamente un vaso de aguardiente. El calor bajaba por su garganta, y apartaba el frío de la soledad. Desde que su esposa lo dejo por otro hombre mucho más joven, salir a tomar los viernes y sábados se volvió una costumbre. La gabardina gris cubría muy bien su contextura casi huesuda, y los indicios de calvicie asomándose en su cabeza, se resguardaban bajo el amparo de un sombrero marrón.

Gabriel no era un aficionado a las bebidas alcohólicas, sino una pobre alma ahogando sus penas en noches obscuras, teñidas de una melancolía insoportable. El divorcio le saludo al cumplir seis años de matrimonio, y en ese momento su vida se congelo. El tiempo transcurría, pero él no se movía, se dejaba llevar.

Ahora que su esposa estaba con otro hombre, tendía a sumirse en profundas cavilaciones. Simplemente, no era capaz de levantarse y seguir adelante, en cambio, examinaba la situación como un problema matemático y buscaba una solución inexistente.

Pronto, la ira pudo más que la tristeza. El hombre débil, se sintió vigorizado por el puro deseo de darle un final a ese dolor que le aquejaba. Empezó a tomar más a menudo, y mientras se embriagaba en la bebida, definía la ejecución de su obra maestra. Al final, opto por una daga que le permitiría sentir de primera mano el calor de la sangre manchando el piso.

Una tarde, salió al parque para ver si encontraba la flor que anhelaba deshojar. Para bien o para mal, solo le tomo media hora dar con su amada quien estaba acompañada por su nueva pareja. Al divisarlos en la distancia, sintió como la rabia le poseía, el agarre de la daga se fortaleció notablemente, sin embargo, cuando se acercó lo suficiente se percató de una cosa, ella estaba llorando…

Por un momento se quedó paralizado, él no entendía porque sucedería eso, para averiguarlo se acercó lentamente sin ser visto.

Al acercarse lo suficiente como para escuchar, se sorprendió. Ella, estaba llorando por él. Aquel hombre sentado en el banco le consolaba mientras escuchaba de manera empática y hacia todo lo posible por sanar la herida en aquel corazón.

La verdad era más simple de lo que parecía. La razón de su divorcio no era por infidelidad, sino por abandono. Gabriel gastaba mucho de su tiempo en el trabajo, a medida que transcurrían los años, este hecho se hacía más evidente. Después de seis cortos años el amor se había enfriado y ella sentía que era una completa extraña en su propio hogar, por eso decidió irse.

Las lágrimas acariciaban el rostro de Gabriel, enterarse del error que cometió era desgarrador, pero comprendió enseguida, el dolor de ella no era menos. Guardo la daga en su bolsillo y se regresó por donde vino. Lo hecho estaba hecho, la semilla del amor que una vez planto, se había secado. Era incapaz de pretender que no había hecho las cosas mal.

Mientras sus ojos se nublaban por las lágrimas. Se ajustó el sombrero de tal manera que ocultara su expresión. Después de pensarlo mucho, compro dos botellas de aguardiente e invito a unos amigos a tomar, porque sabía que esa noche sería muy larga, y quería sacar todo lo que tenia dentro.


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