PERKY

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The world was starting to turn. The greatest miracle that I was unaware of in my life.

I was living that moment in a city where I didn't know anyone.

I was describing my life to someone who was confused by listening to the people and just wanted to do his job.

Even if a moment like this was only for movies, I wasn't too self-conscious to be ashamed.

I needed a memory like this.

"I have no one to tell. Do you know what it's like to not have the luxury of complaining about something?"

"It sucks."

I've heard that hairdressers also make this friendship. I tried it once, but I gave up when I saw that it was a master fraudulent chatter who had solved the need to listen to things without the obligation to follow the topics while going back and forth between two customers.

"I have to be thankful for life because it could have been worse. It had happened... Now, if I were to complain about anything, their ungrateful gaze would be on me. As a matter of fact, I'm not complaining about my life, but I could have travelled the world too."

"Ok!" I tapped my hand lightly on the bar. Sometimes I was high, but I was still sane.

"Let's not fly. I don't mean to travel the rest of the world. I feel like I'm going to achieve something if I go out of bounds at least once." I kept my eye on the boy behind the bar doing his "Is that so desperate?"

I saw a shrug in response.

"What lives people live! For example, someone might be on a plane right now. Someone else has travelled, seen, discovered, and now he is returning home. On the plane. On train. Even on a bus. You see, right? Everyone is sharing it. Do you share too?"

His eyes at least followed me as he continued drying the glass. I was used to it.

I was not a bad person. People liked to look at me, but the real secret was in the enthusiasm I put on words when I spoke. That's what my boss used to say. You would have to be very bored or something so that someone wouldn't follow me while I was talking about something.

"I dream too big for someone who has only visited three cities in the country they live in, but what I mean is that I should be able to do more. This shouldn't be this hard. The world belongs to people, but you need many things to travel all over it. I should be able to travel wherever I want on foot. At the border crossing, they have to open their arms, smile and welcome us to see their culture!

"I think you should drink a little slower now."

He followed the topic and gave the appropriate answer. Definitely better than the hairdresser.

"I can not do it. Today is my birthday, but I can't celebrate it." I took a deep sigh.

My eyes were filled with tears. I couldn't stop it.

"I never thought he would go. If he knew I felt so sorry for him, he'd say don't be a fool."

After sniffed my nose, I sat up straight. I stood like him and answered myself by speaking like him.

"I warned you over and over not to put me in your family's shoes. Look, you have created a pain for yourself. You are responsible for this. Don't get me involved. Wipe your tears and stop torturing yourself! How many times do I have to tell you that you don't look pretty when you cry."