For Emma

13/08/18

From the beginning everything was askew

Malnourished and left for death

That’s how I started living

Some hands came in to rescue me from the garbage bin

I was alone and frightened

As a puppy that knows he has lost his home

And it’s about to die in the freezing night

To never return

A derelict that spoke in technicisms

A boy that spoke in science

Maybe this was the way of departing from them all

Inventing a new world inside my head

And those scars

I won them through the ages

Reflections from the actual wounds

Damage inflicted in my brain

Through centuries we grew together

We bought happy boxes with happy candies

Shared infinite afternoons together

Until those ages fell apart

And I returned everything to you

My breath

My hands

And my soul

Then I lost you

My sweetest friend

On my arms you fell

And I knew you were fleeing to the skies

Your eyes told me it was over

The time you shared with me was over

You missed him

My homonymous in Heaven

Julio Ortiz