I choose solitude
Now that you have witnessed it: the fullness, the shadow, the wounds etched by sorrow, and yet again that great awakening after misty, damp, or weary days... Tell me, soul of my soul, what glimpses of me surround you?
Ahora que lo has visto: la plenitud, la sombra, los agujeros dejados por el dolor y otra vez ese gran despertar después de días brumosos, húmedos o fatigados... Dime, alma de mi alma, ¿qué destellos de mí te rondan?
Casa Blanca Meteorological Station and a view of the terminal where the small ferry docks, which crosses the bay at different times of the day, carrying passengers from one side to the other.
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Estación Meteorológica de Casa Blanca y vista de la terminal, donde atraca el pequeño ferry que cruza la bahía en distintos horarios del día, transportando pasajeros de un lado a otro.
I wrote in my notebook, by the sea, watching those little houses that seem decorative. The city, in its lethargy, reclining on my shoulders, whispered a mantra and asked me to incorporate it into my life. It also spoke of time, beauty, and what we choose to see.
Escribí en mi libreta de notas, junto al mar, observando aquellas casitas que parecen de adorno. La ciudad en su letargo, reclinada sobre mis hombros, susurraba un mantra y me pedía que lo incorporara a mi vida. Habló también del tiempo, la belleza y de lo que elegimos mirar.
I had heard music in several places and smiled gratefully every time. I was coming from the Pigeons Square, but before that, I was in another beautiful and bustling square. It’s not just the cobblestones and the art, rampant like a cry for freedom or timid between walls and shops, it’s the scents, and the laughter of children running around the fountain, the foam of countless beer mugs falling like snow after a toast, the aroma of coffee that still lingers in my memory, ground and packed in paper cartridges with El Escorial’s logo… Right there, some musicians were playing ‘The girl from Ipanema’. Yes, Havana is very musical.
Había escuchado música en varios lugares y sonreí agradecida todas las veces. Venía de la Plaza de las Palomas, pero antes estuve en otra plaza bonita y muy concurrida. No sólo destacan los adoquines y el arte que puedes encontrar allí rampante como un grito de libertad, o tímido entre muros y comercios, son los olores, y las risas de los chicos correteando alrededor de la fuente, la espuma de muchas jarras de cerveza cayendo como nieve después de un brindis, el aroma del café que todavía permanece en mi memoria, molido, y en cartuchos de papel con el logo de El Escorial…precisamente allí unos músicos tocaban ‘La chica de Ipanema’. Sí, la Habana es muy musical.
So I wrote more in my notebook when I got home...
Entonces escribí más en mi libreta de notas cuando llegué a casa...
I choose solitude because I live in your silence.
I choose solitude because I build castles in the air, and from them, I leap, and you reach me, and vice versa. And because from their gardens, the paths to the sea are drawn.
I choose solitude because I seek the sublime: to be of you, of your angelic skin, to dream and live all possible worlds with absolute lightness and freedom.
I choose solitude because I need very few ornaments, because carrying a full soul and a wide smile makes wings grow, and because I know that if I wait for you while I walk and count lines on sidewalks, balustrades, steps, trees, leaves, flowers—anything circular—you will appear at a corner with the best of embraces.
I choose solitude because I am shadow and path, and also light… and all of this saves us.
I choose solitude so that you may see yourself within me, accepting or understanding that nothing would make sense without fear—that monster with a fruity breath—if you have the courage to come close enough to that mouth and whisper its name and surname.
I choose solitude because I do not want to make another mistake.
I choose solitude because no one understands my madness better than you.
I choose solitude, and with that, I choose you in this life and in all the ones where we were a single soul.
Elijo la soledad porque vivo en tu silencio.
Elijo la soledad porque levanto castillos en el aire y de ellos salto y me alcanzas y viceversa. Y porque de sus jardines se trazan los senderos que van al mar.
Elijo la soledad porque quiero lo sublime: ser de ti, de tu piel de ángel, soñar y vivir todos los mundos posibles con total ligereza y libertad.
Elijo la soledad porque necesito muy pocos accesorios, porque con llevar el alma plena y la sonrisa ancha nos crecen alas y porque sé que si te espero mientras camino y cuento líneas en aceras, balaustres, escalones, árboles, hojas, flores, cualquier cosa circular… aparecerás en una esquina con el mejor de los abrazos.
Elijo la soledad porque soy sombra y camino y también luz… y todo esto nos salva.
Elijo la soledad para que puedas detallarte en mí, aceptando o entendiendo que nada tendría sentido sin el miedo, monstruo de aliento afrutado, si tienes el valor de acercarte lo suficiente a esa boca y murmurar su nombre y apellido.
Elijo la soledad porque no quiero volver a equivocarme.
Elijo la soledad porque no hay nadie que entienda mi locura mejor que tú.
Elijo la soledad y con eso te elijo a ti en esta vida y en todas las que fuimos una sola alma.
Original content by @nanixxx. All rights reserved ©, 2025.
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What beautiful verses Amanda. I didn't get to see the images, but they must be as moving as the verses they accompany (ETECSA se ha portado muy mal hoy) 🤗
Yes, I have been able to do something now in the early hours of the morning. Está malo esto... 😑
Thanks, Amandita. 😃
"I choose solitude because I do not want to make another mistake"
Great words and thought .... Great Post with more great Street Shots, well Done
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Thank you! 😌
Good morning @nanixxx, on this occasion it doesn't escape me, or maybe it does. With the previous publication it forms a beautiful diptych. I love the version of Jobim and Sinatra's Chica. I liked the verses best, which evoked St. John of the Cross to me for their beauty.
Reading you among coffee aromas I felt like listening to a star, I leave you the link in case you want to listen to it, I'll be there. Link
In short, you have composed much more than a beautiful diptych. Thank you. 🌞😎
Good morning! You always have such a nice way of reaching my words. Thank you. I have listened to Estrella Morente and the verses of St. John of the Cross... I think it is the highest flight that a soul could have and, of course, they go beyond beauty.
I'm here with my coffee. In the stillness of this Sunday, thinking about how blessed I am... again... to be able to enjoy this view that I now look at. It's cool in the morning. And the sun is already beginning to warm up little by little.
Gracias otra vez. 🤗
You make it so easy.
Happy Sunday, @nanixxx. 🤗
😅 Yeah, I get it, I inspire you. Hahaha... A hug... y muchas muchas gracias.
Buenos días? Feliz almuerzo? Si, me inspiras y además aprendo de tus textos. 🫂
Almorcé hoy lentejas a las 3 de la tarde... esta chica no tiene horarios normales, lo sabes. Jajaja... Gracias. Yo también aprendo de ti. 😁
This is wonderful bro.
The verses and the pictures...✨
😃 Seki1! Thank you! It's been a while since I've visited you and I went to see what you were up to... I saw that you were a bit disappointed with that film. This is an ideal Sunday to be at home enjoying a good film. I hope you find one of those unforgettable ones.
I'm sure I would 😂✨
Thanks for the visit ✨
Beautiful photos, from the best areas to enjoy the other side of the Bay. It's incredible how small the Casablanca terminal looks 😅
But even better are your words; how right you are in what you say, I'm learning to choose solitude too , slow but still learning ;)
Always LOVE your photos ❤️
Looks like a piece of a model of Havana, doesn't it? 😍
Well... there are different kinds of loneliness. I hope you choose wisely. 😄
Thank you so much.
Gracias, @jlinaresp y Visualshots, por el apoyo. Un abrazo.
Bellísimo trabajo, tanto por las líneas como por las fotos!... Aplausos para ti @nanixxx!!! 🙏
😇 Gracias.
Those moments, those looks of the people, those souls that are captured in the photographs, those spaces... so cool.
I choose the solitude of my inner self to find the path that leads me to the true freedom of knowing the full wisdom .....
Because you have lived many lives and hold much wisdom... thank you for admiring my photos. 😉
I've lost count of the lives... there must be a lot of them hahaha they are beautiful photos... the look of the people...
✨ I think all looks were focused on the violin. But we missed others who were diluting in the distance. But the photographer is here to tell the tale.
True, but the violin is not the only protagonist of this excellent composition, that's why you were there!
Tengo el presentimiento de que te estás contagiando con mi poesía! jajaja... Que hermosa manera de escribir, pienso que tenías el alma llena de sentimientos por describir...
Sí, escribes muy bien y eso se contagia. ☺️
y tu eres capaz de sentir intensamente y eso es lo más importante!
No sé... Una persona que escribe poesía quizás se abstendría de decir que no siente absolutamente nada, pero pudiera darse el caso... 😅
Claro...se puede escribir cosas que no sientes ..