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LA TERRAZZA SU SANTIAGO # The Terrace of Santiago

<p>Come ogni sera dopo una giornata&comma; passata a scrivere tra quattro umide mura&comma; con &nbsp&semi;una romantica vista sul mare di Santiago de Cuba&semi; Mi recavo un po&&num;8217&semi; per abitudine o per noia&comma; in quella terrazza dove il tempo si fermava come se non esistesse un domani&period; Era un locale in cima a una piccola collina che dominava la città&comma; un ritrovo per anime perse nella solitudine in cerca di amore e avventura&period; Vi servivano fiumi di rum&comma; whisky&nbsp&semi;e magici cocktail&comma; che ti accompagnavano lentamente in una atmosfera ofuscata da una nebbia di fumo da sigari aromatici&comma; con un sottofondo musicale di una piccola orchestra swing-jazz&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignright size-full wp-image-905" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;sesolofosselei&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;11&sol;smoke-933237&lowbar;1920&period;jpg" alt&equals;"smoke-933237&lowbar;1920" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"439" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>E fu così&comma; tra un bicchiere e un tiro a un cubano&comma; vibrante tra le dita per le note basse dei fiati dell&&num;8217&semi;orchestra&comma; che la vidi per la prima volta&period; Sentì&comma; un brivido percorrere il mio corpo&comma; tra una breve pausa del respiro e un inteso calore&semi; Capì subito che era una donna speciale&period; La seguii con il mio sguardo per tutto il suo percorso nel locale fino al suo tavolo&period; Non perdevo nessun suo movimento&comma; era sola e vestiva un bellissimo abito in cotone &nbsp&semi;con un cappuccio&period; Il suo viso fine e i capelli raccolti nel lato destro esaltavano il suo profilo dolcissimo ed enigmatico&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignright size-full wp-image-907" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;sesolofosselei&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;11&sol;woman-918616&lowbar;1920&period;jpg" alt&equals;"woman-918616&lowbar;1920" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"427" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Noi&&num;8221&semi;&comma; intrappolati &nbsp&semi;come in una vecchia fotografia&comma; in quel periodo post rivoluzionario&comma; dove il peso della vita si sentiva per una &nbsp&semi;stasi politica e una ripresa che non partiva mai&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>-La libertà era su un&&num;8217&semi;isola in un mondo vicino&comma; &nbsp&semi;e questo portava a esaltare i sentimenti&comma; e l&&num;8217&semi;amore in modo intenso tanto da sfruttarlo fino in fondo&comma; assaporando tutta la sua essenza&period; Eravamo poveri e senza materie prime&comma; medicine&comma; cibo&comma; tecnologie&comma; e lavoro&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>-Per un europeo come me&comma; era come trovarsi in un altro pianeta&comma; facevo lo scrittore senza successo inseguendo le orme di un &&num;8220&semi;Ernest Hemingway&&num;8221&semi;&comma; guadagnando qualche sterlina come corrispondente per un giornale Londinese&period; A Santiago come in tutta l&&num;8217&semi;Isola c&&num;8217&semi;era una travolgente atmosfera di &&num;8220&semi;time stop&&num;8221&semi;&comma; che ti rendeva schiavo e lasciava l&&num;8217&semi;oggi al futuro&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>La terrazza era quel piccolo angolo per uscire da tutto ciò magicamente&comma; così presi coraggio e andai da lei passando tra fasci di luce attorcigliati dal fumo&comma; e teneri abbracci sulla pista da ballo&period; Questa era affacciata sulla parte esterna del locale&comma; quella che guardava le luci di una Santiago addormentata e illuminata da una luna bianca e &nbsp&semi;da tutte le stelle del suo cielo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignright size-full wp-image-931" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;sesolofosselei&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;11&sol;view-820047&lowbar;1920&period;jpg" alt&equals;"view-820047&lowbar;1920" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"426" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; &&num;8220&semi;Buonasera Milady&comma; io mi chiamo&period; &nbsp&semi;-&&num;8220&semi;Lo so come si chiama e chi è&comma; comunque si sieda pure qui&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>E così parlammo per ore mentre la vita attorno a noi si era addormentata &comma; scoprì che la bellezza era l&&num;8217&semi;ultima cosa che mi piaceva in lei&period; La sua voce i gesti accompagnavano una &nbsp&semi;dolcissima mimica del viso &period; L&&num;8217&semi;intelligenza mista a una simpatia crescente mi resero totalmente inerte&comma; bellissima come nessuno al mondo&comma; i suoi occhi emanavano una luce calda piena di serenità e dolcezza&period; Ero schiavo delle sue parole che ovunque andavano mi riportavano sempre nel suo cuore&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignright size-full wp-image-906" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;sesolofosselei&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;11&sol;smoke-1002461&lowbar;1920&period;jpg" alt&equals;"smoke-1002461&lowbar;1920" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"270" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Un ballo stretta a lei era come risvegliarsi da un bellissimo sogno&comma; il suo profumo sul collo e le sue morbide mani che mi accarezzavano il viso erano una cascata di emozioni intense&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ogni sera per &nbsp&semi;mesi&comma; su quella terrazza &comma; in ogni suo metro&comma; in ogni solco del pavimento che ho calpestato&comma; c&&num;8217&semi;era lei con il suo amore&comma; e il suo profumo&period; Quel indimenticabile calore che mi avvolse di baci senza fiato ogni sera e &nbsp&semi;la sua mano &nbsp&semi;che mi portò via da li&comma; e dal modo per vedere il suo universo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignright size-full wp-image-912" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;sesolofosselei&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;11&sol;universe-1044107&lowbar;1920&period;jpg" alt&equals;"universe-1044107&lowbar;1920" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"436" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mi trovai nel suo sguardo quando la vita ci separò&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Spietata senza preavviso lei mi fu strappata da quella stessa vita che me la donò&period; L&&num;8217&semi;amore&comma; viene prima o poi ucciso e perde &period; C<span style&equals;"line-height&colon;1&period;5&semi;">on la morte nel cuore e negli occhi&comma; non volli tornare in patria restai per aspettarla&period; Sapevo che sarebbe tornata per portarmi via con sè&period; E dopo tanti anni così fu&period; &nbsp&semi;Mi allungò la mano come la prima volta&comma; tornai indietro nel tempo vedendo tutto quello che avevo vissuto con lei&period; Quelle corse in spiaggia&comma; o su una bicicletta in due sotto una pioggia improvvisa&comma; quelle lenzuola bianche avvolte nel nostro amore&period; &nbsp&semi;Mi &nbsp&semi;spensi con un sorriso di chi ha ritrovato la pace e l&&num;8217&semi;amore&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignright size-full wp-image-914" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;sesolofosselei&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;11&sol;person-731423&lowbar;1920&period;jpg" alt&equals;"person-731423&lowbar;1920" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"427" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"line-height&colon;1&period;5&semi;">-Questo è dedicato a chi ha avuto la fortuna di amare immensamente una persona&period; Questa signori è la vita che regala e toglie senza pietà&comma; e lo può fare in qualsiasi momento&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"line-height&colon;1&period;5&semi;">Amarsi intensamente&comma; ogni giorno come fosse l&&num;8217&semi;ultimo è uno dei segreti della vita&period; Non abbandonate mai il pensiero di poter amare&comma; e non abbiate mai paura di vivere&comma; qualunque sia l&&num;8217&semi;avversità che incontrerete&comma; malattie&comma; guerre&comma; morti&comma; fame&comma; e povertà&period; Lottate fino alla fine per poter vivere per sempre&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignright size-full wp-image-930" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;sesolofosselei&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;11&sol;couple-789824&lowbar;1920&period;jpg" alt&equals;"couple-789824&lowbar;1920" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"435" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"line-height&colon;1&period;5&semi;">Astaluego Santiago&excl;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Euferr<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-965 alignleft" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;sesolofosselei&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;11&sol;unnamed&period;jpg" alt&equals;"unnamed" width&equals;"85" height&equals;"85" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>ENGLISH VERSION &num;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Like every evening after a day spent writing between four damp walls&comma; with a romantic sea view of Santiago de Cuba&period; I would go a bit &&num;8216&semi;out of habit or boredom&comma; in the terrace where time stopped as if there were a tomorrow&period; It was a place on top of a small hill overlooking the city&comma; a meeting place for lost souls in the desert in search of love and adventure&period; They served rivers of rum&comma; whiskey and cocktail magic&comma; accompanying you slowly in an atmosphere ofuscata by a fog of smoke from aromatic cigars&comma; with background music of a small orchestra swing-jazz&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignright size-full wp-image-905" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;sesolofosselei&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;11&sol;smoke-933237&lowbar;1920&period;jpg" alt&equals;"smoke-933237&lowbar;1920" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"439" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And so&comma; between a glass and a shot at a Cuban&comma; vibrating through his fingers for the low notes of the wind instruments of the orchestra&comma; I saw her for the first time&period; He felt a shiver along my body&comma; including a brief pause of breath and an intended heat&semi; He understood immediately that it was a special woman&period; I followed her with my eyes to everything in its path in the local up to his table&period; I did not miss any movement&comma; she was alone and wore a beautiful dress in cotton with a hood&period; Her face and her hair in the end the right side extolling his profile sweet and enigmatic&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignright size-full wp-image-907" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;sesolofosselei&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;11&sol;woman-918616&lowbar;1920&period;jpg" alt&equals;"woman-918616&lowbar;1920" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"427" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We&&num;8221&semi;&comma; as trapped in an old photograph&comma; in the post revolutionary period&comma; where the burden of life is felt for a political stasis and a recovery that would not start ever&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>-The Freedom was on an island in a world close&comma; and this led to exalt the feelings&comma; and love intensely enough to exploit it to the end&comma; savoring all its essence&period; We were poor and without raw materials&comma; medicines&comma; food&comma; technology&comma; and labor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>-For A European like me it was like being on another planet&comma; I was the writer unsuccessfully chasing the footsteps of a &&num;8220&semi;Ernest Hemingway&&num;8221&semi;&period; I am earning a few quid as a correspondent for a London newspaper&period; In Santiago as throughout the island there was an overwhelming atmosphere of &&num;8220&semi;time stop&&num;8221&semi;&comma; that made you a slave and let the day ahead&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The terrace was that little corner to get out of all this magically&comma; so I took courage and went to her passing between light beams twisted by the smoke&comma; and tender embrace on the dance floor&period; This was leaning on the outside of the room&comma; the one that looked the lights of Santiago asleep and illuminated by a white moon and all the stars of the sky&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignright size-full wp-image-931" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;sesolofosselei&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;11&sol;view-820047&lowbar;1920&period;jpg" alt&equals;"view-820047&lowbar;1920" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"426" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8211&semi; &&num;8220&semi;Good evening&comma; my lady&comma; my name&period; -&&num;8221&semi; I know what it&&num;8217&semi;s called and who is&comma; however&comma; sit well here&period; &&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And so we talked for hours while the life around us was asleep&comma; I discovered that beauty was the last thing that I liked about her&period; His voice gestures accompanying a facial expression&period; The intelligence mixed with a growing sympathy made me totally inert&comma; beautiful as anyone in the world&comma; his eyes gave off a warm glow filled with serenity and sweetness&period; I was a slave to his words that wherever they went me back always in his heart&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignright size-full wp-image-906" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;sesolofosselei&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;11&sol;smoke-1002461&lowbar;1920&period;jpg" alt&equals;"smoke-1002461&lowbar;1920" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"270" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A dance close to her was like waking up from a beautiful dream&comma; her perfume on her neck and her soft hands I stroked his face were a cascade of intense emotions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Every night for every month&comma; on the terrace&comma; in every meter&comma; every furrow that I stepped on the floor&comma; she was there with his love&comma; and his scent&period; That unforgettable warmth that enveloped me breathless kisses every night and his hand that took me away from them&comma; and the way to see his universe&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignright size-full wp-image-912" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;sesolofosselei&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;11&sol;universe-1044107&lowbar;1920&period;jpg" alt&equals;"universe-1044107&lowbar;1920" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"436" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I found myself in his eyes when life separated us&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ruthless without notice she was snatched from that same life that I gave it&period; Love is eventually killed and lost&period; With a heavy heart and eyes&comma; I did not want to go home I stood waiting for&period; I knew it would come back to take me away with him&period; And after so many years so it was&period; He reached out like the first time&comma; I went back in time seeing everything I had lived with her&period; Those races at the beach&comma; or on a bicycle in two under a sudden rain&comma; the white sheets wrapped in our love&period; I turned off with a smile of someone who has found peace and love&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignright size-full wp-image-914" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;sesolofosselei&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;11&sol;person-731423&lowbar;1920&period;jpg" alt&equals;"person-731423&lowbar;1920" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"427" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>-This Is dedicated to those who have been lucky enough to love a person immensely&period; This gentlemen is life that gives and takes away mercilessly&comma; and it may do at any time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Love each other intensely&comma; every day as if it were the last one is one of the secrets of life&period; Never abandon the thought of being able to love&comma; and never be afraid to live&comma; whatever the hardships you encounter&comma; disease&comma; war&comma; death&comma; hunger&comma; and poverty&period; Fight to the end in order to live forever&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"alignright size-full wp-image-930" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;sesolofosselei&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;11&sol;couple-789824&lowbar;1920&period;jpg" alt&equals;"couple-789824&lowbar;1920" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"435" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Astaluego Santiago&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Euferr<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"line-height&colon;1&period;5&semi;"><audio class&equals;"wp-audio-shortcode" id&equals;"audio-832-1" preload&equals;"none" style&equals;"width&colon; 100&percnt;&semi;" controls&equals;"controls"><source type&equals;"audio&sol;mpeg" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;sesolofosselei&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;11&sol;ciggiburns&lowbar;-&lowbar;close&lowbar;to&lowbar;mike&lowbar;jazz&lowbar;mix&lowbar;ft-&lowbar;olddog&period;mp3&quest;&lowbar;&equals;1" &sol;><&sol;audio><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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