.

Soñé que nos abrazábamos por mucho tiempo (como antes en clase) y ya, todo estaba perdonado.

¿Será que sí?

Ya no importa, linda. Sonríele al pastito nuevo. Yo ya me acostumbré al clima en martes.

-Pretroica Multicolor

A mí, que nada se me olvida

Se me olvidó que te olvidé
Se me olvidó que te dejé
Lejos, muy lejos de mi vida
Se me olvidó que ya no estás
Que ya ni me recordarás
Y me volvió a sangrar la herida
Y aún te me cuelas entre los rincones
Provocando suspiros que amarro con bocanadas de razón 
Mientras que con incredulidad observo que no te quiero menos que ayer...

Si acaso lo contrario...

-Eudocimus ruber

Let me take that order. Allow me to ask you for more. It's not the last word I am seeking, but a lured-out exhibit of hope.

I should not ask you for the terms; you might suggest something 'well-done'. When really, this piece of mince I call 'heart' can only be served raw.

No clear cuts in sight, just a sack of close shavings.

There's the one from 2005, when I was but a schoolgirl pining in angst; it was worth ten skipped heartbeats when you decidedly kissed me on that young, lip-sealed corner, with a well worn knowing look.

There's a pound of many nights with their late collect calls from faraway lands, where I dived into the depths of my bedding and floated, as if suspended solely on the thread of your voice.

The letters from the far east, where you describe the wedding you had envisioned for us amidst mountaintops, coat the bloody mess of pulp that was left once, twice, and many more by the thuds of resounding NO's.

The spill trickled down my arms, back, belly, thighs and you drowned in it with me. Wisps of love escaping your short-stopped breath mixed with the bright, rooftop city lights above my heaving chest - fairies dancing in my barely open eyes-

-The Grass Parakeet

Estar sin ti me duele, pero estar contigo me lastimaba. 
¿Cuál es la diferencia?

Sé muy bien lo que fuimos, pero no dejo de pensar en lo que seríamos a pesar de lo que éramos.

Y aún conjugando no logro entender este vacío.

Eres un lunar precioso del lado derecho de una nariz perfecta.

Eres diversión, tranquilidad, cultura, reto, felicidad, todo en uno, todo en nada…

Nada porque no eres mío, porque me prometiste que siempre lucharías por mí,

Porque me la creí.

Hay veces que se tiene que volver a aprender a gatear,

aún cuando sabemos caminar y correr,

pero el intento de volar nos hirió por siempre.

Siempre eras tú. En Jamás te has convertido.

-Ardea alba

I have an ukulele teacher, she’s called YouTube tutorials.

I just learned how to play a new song on the ukulele, my second song so far. I bought the small instrument a couple of months ago. I didn’t have to leave home to learn the song. I didn’t have to pay for lessons. I didn’t even have to get out of my pj’s!
How did I manage to do all of this? Thanks to the magical world of YouTube tutorials. The world’s largest video server is full of them. You can learn how to play instruments, cook, draw and many other things without ever having to leave your home or interact with other people.
But, will YouTube tutorials ever substitute actually going out and getting someone to give you lessons?

I decided to ask a professional musician, a DJ and a normal person who happens to play a couple of instruments what they thought about learning how to play through YouTube tutorials.
Hannah Epperson, a professional violin player, felt it made sense for people that lived in remote areas to use tutorials. But she also added: “it's sad for me to imagine a certain degree of intimacy being missing from the really unique experience of being in a room, one-on-one with an amazing teacher.”

Djmagnez Trastorno, by the name I’m guessing you can tell he is the DJ, mentioned that some tutorials are very good but that most of them don’t teach the basics needed to learn whatever it is that they are teaching.

Angie, the normal one, thinks they are awesome. She basically uses them all the time and her main reason for doing so is because they are free: “teachers are expensive.”
Tutorials have many advantages, but will hitting replay over and over ever be as good as having a direct conversation and learning from someone you can interact with? Let’s hope not.
Personally, the only reason I use YouTube tutorials is because I don’t have time or money to go to an actual teacher. Or maybe I’m lazy and love hanging out in my pj’s.

I wish I could go to an actual teacher, but then maybe she would get mad if I didn’t practice or do my homework. Then again, if I had questions, or some instruction wasn’t clear enough, I could just ask her.
There are so many Pro’s and Con’s, but ultimately I agree with Hannah, nothing beats actual human interaction, even if it means having to get dressed.

-Falco Peregrinus

Neblina Serrana

Esconden, protegen ¿a quién?

Intentando velar una historia que no conozco.
Mi historia.
En este lugar al que he venido por primera vez.

Quisiera que me gritaran todos a la cara.
Caer de una vez al precipicio y comenzar a escalar
en lugar de mantenerme constantemente al filo.
Sin verte. Sin verla, aunque nos encontremos de frente.

Me gustaría no haber tenido que aprender contigo.

Sonríen, pero la nube permanece helándome los huesos.
Tu nube, la que creaste sin que quisiera darme cuenta y que el día menos pensado vacié sobre mí.
Cubetazo de agua fría como la que ahora aguanto con gusto cada mañana

… en este lugar que alguna vez fue nuestro.

-Huitzil