lunes, 24 de octubre de 2011

BITTERSWEET


An arduous sensation ran through my veins till my chest so disgusting that I felt I was burning inside…something bigger than my chest was growing inside without stopping…I felt it was going to explode!! But it started to move upwards slowly very slowly…it was going to come out through my mouth… no through my vocal cords!! Someone or something ordered me: relax, take it easy, it is not worthy!! The fire kept on going upwards and met my consciousness. That’s when I took a deep breath, draw a smile on my face and coldly greeted back the bloodthirsty piranhas lurking around the ballot boxes, spying the thirsty and powerless victims in the queues. Yes they were, we were thirsty literally for there was water supply in no home…not mention the long-lasting absence of drinking water and the percentage of people suffering from kidney failure… still they have the nerve to spat a kiss on your cheek and go around the town showing off how wealthy they are, how young they keep with all the surgeries on, how loved by their people they feel or have to be. But how could I speak my mind deliberately without having the simplest thought that I was not the one to suffer the consequences directly!! So once inside the dark room I took another deep breath, “roamed around it with a sense of joy ” and did what at that moment resulted and was the best option to try to change the state of affairs in my village. Then I went out and spat a smile to my dear and loved politicians!!! Please don’t draw any conclusions as to what the relationship between people and politicians is like, you might be mistaken!! Now I am anxiously waiting for the results…what means that there is still some hope left in me!!   
So if I had to describe my day of elections, so to speak, I would define it as a heartbreaking, nerve-racking, annoying and disgusting with a bit of pleasure day… all mixed. BITTERSWEET!!!

p/d: for the ones who don’t know I’m making reference to my village La Calera, though I think I remember I might have told you about it before, haven’t I?? 

 How about your day?? I guess it was less disturbing for you, wasn’t it?  

5 comentarios:

  1. Whenever I have to vote the event “gives” me new hope, I try to think that a change is on the door.

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  2. "Still they have the nerve to spat a kiss on your cheek", lol, I loved it. It's difficult to make up one's mind... we just can't go on distrusting every single politician, they are not all alike. I want to believe that some of them care about people's interests. It was less disturbing for me, and in the end the results satisfied me. Let's hope for the best.

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  3. well, I am a bit pessimist in relation to this topic..I go to vote knowing that nothing is goint to change..It's always the same, and are always the same ones.

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  4. Regarding the elections day, I am more pessimistic than optimistic since I think that it is quite hard to find a politicain who cares about people, I believe they only care about power and money.

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  5. I am pessimistic by nature, but I believe we should not lose hope on what politicians can do. After all, they make the important decisions but it's us who put them where they are in the first place.

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