The Room - La estancia
The dimly lit room had become his entire world. A living space, sometimes sweet, sometimes hostile, but always surprising.
There he lived the most unlikely adventures, ever since his brain had refused to obey him. Sometimes, the pale blue of the walls became the sky through which he flew as an aviator in the midst of a spectacular storm. At other times, the room became a battlefield where he confronted the armies of Genghis Khan. And sometimes it was the engine room of a submarine engaged in a fierce battle against the forces of evil.
One summer morning, someone opened the window wide, and the penetrating light invited him to freedom. Without a second thought, he launched himself through that long-awaited fissure, toward the future.
What was surprising was that the nurses at the psychiatric hospital could see him floating out through the window, defying the laws of gravity and heading toward infinity, beyond the reach of everything and everyone.
Allí vivía las aventuras más inverosímiles desde que su cerebro se negó a obedecerle. En ocasiones, el azul pálido de sus paredes era el cielo de un aviador en su vuelo a través de una espectacular tormenta. Otras veces era un campo de batalla en el que se enfrentaba a los ejércitos de Gengis Khan. Otras, era la sala de máquinas de un submarino en plena batalla contra las fuerzas del mal.
Una mañana de verano, alguien abrió la ventana de par en par y la penetrante luz lo invitó a la libertad. Así que, sin pensarlo, se lanzó a través de aquella ansiada fisura, hacia el futuro.
Lo sorprendente fue que los enfermeros del psiquiátrico pudieron verlo salir por la ventana flotando, desafiando las leyes de la gravedad y dirigiéndose hacia el infinito, fuera del alcance de todo y de todos.
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