- (Bad) English -
Quickly enough, I rushed down the car, and with awfulness watched the entire scene: my father, holding the IV’s inside that narrow space, hugging his horse and saying over and over again: “we can save him, we can”.
The night cast over us an extreme coldness that destroyed every nerve we had. Geronimo, his horse, asked him to walk, to take together a little trip. So they did. In the midnight they walked over the savannah, slowly, and they watched the stars. With some little noises, Geronimo talked and asked things. Together, they went to some known places. When they got back, he decided to take some water in his lonely place.
Suddenly, in front of our impotent eyes, he got agitated and he had to get outside, to the night, the coldness and the grass. He got hurt in the process and fell down with a huge sound. His breathing start to race and his eyes showed the deepest fear. Then, with pain he called my father. Dad kneeled by his head and slowly he touched lightly his neck, as many times before. The minutes went away off our fingers while we saw the horse getting tired and calm, and suddenly feeling good. My heart race at top speed, meanwhile his heart stopped his pumping.
Dad continued close to him, talking and hugging him, beneath the movement of the stars and the trees, which dance through the strength of the wind. And in my mind, appeared the horse, running happily on the fields, and the picture started to blur, as the memory went away.

Under the stars and surrounded with humans, the horse closed his eyes and began to dream.


- Español (sin tildes) -
Rapidamente baje del automovil, carraspee y con asombro observe toda la escena: mi padre, sosteniendo los liquidos dentro de aquel reducido espacio, abrazando a su caballo y repitiendo sin cesar: "puedo salvarlo, podemos".
La noche contribuyo con un frio abrasador y destruyendo cada terminal de nuestros nervios. Geronimo, su caballo, le pidio que lo dejara caminar, que juntos tomaran un paseo. Asi que lo hicieron. En aquella madrugada atravesaron lentamente la planicie y juntos observaron las estrellas. Con uno u otro ruido Geronimo comunico sus deseos y juntos visitaron algunos pocos lugares conocidos. Al volver, decidio ir a su lugar de descanso y tomar un poco de agua.
De pronto, y ante los ojos impotentes de todos nosotros, su agitacion fue en aumento y tuvo que salir a la noche, al frio y al pasto. Se golpeo en su cabriola y cayo estrepitosamente. Su respiracion se torno rapida y sus ojos delataron el miedo. Luego y con afan, gimio dolorosamente llamando a mi padre. Papa se arrodillo junto a su cabeza y lentamente acaricio su cuello, como lo habia hecho en interminables ocasiones.
Los minutos pasaron escurriendose lentamente entre nuestros dedos mientras contemplabamos al caballo calmarse y de pronto sentirse reconfortado. Mi corazon desfilo rapido al tiempo que el de el se detenia.
Papa siguio junto a el, hablandole y tranquilizandolo, mientras las estrellas seguian moviendose y los arboles se agitaban ante el inminente paso del viento.
Y en mi mente aparecio la imagen de un animal brioso, que corria divertido entre los campos y se torno borrosa, mientras el recuerdo se desvanecia lentamente.

Bajo las estrellas y rodeado de humanos, el caballo cerro los ojos y se dispuso a soñar.