martes, 25 de junio de 2019

The color of madness

By:Mauricio Velez Espinosa
Short story
Cuento escrito en otro idioma



Manuela has black hair like jet and her white porcelain skin. Her lips are red, very red, like a ripe cherry and when she sighs she opens them slightly as if imitating a kiss, one that she did not give or that she did not receive, who knows. Many men lost their heads by those lips, and by those lips, she lost her sanity.

Manuela mixed her thick red lips with the colors of spring, in an obsession with flowers, balloons and colors. Her room was impregnated with joy, life, and her clothes were tinged with smiles and emotions. One day, for no reason, happiness was broken when at dawn she awoke. She could not stand seeing the colors and with euphoria and madness she began to scream.

The coloring drove her crazy. She started by tearing images from her wall, ripping clothes. Suddenly, she slammed the door. The silence was gray, everything was broken, except for a mirror on the wall, which she held in her hands. She looked at herself and seeing the bright red of her lips, grabbed a pair of scissors and finished with them, while she writhed on the floor, screaming, crying, sighing and wanting to remember that the deep red blood would be her downfall.

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