The dead poet

The poet's name was Luis. He was famous for his verses full of passion and melancholy, which captivated his readers. But Luis had a secret: he suffered from a deep loneliness that he could not alleviate with anything. Neither success, nor money, nor love gave him the happiness he longed for.

One day, Luis entered a bookstore and saw a book that caught his attention. It was an anthology of poetry by various authors, some of them his idols. Luis felt an irresistible impulse to possess that book, to have a literary company that would make him feel less alone, without thinking twice, he took it and kept it in his coat, but he did not realize that the owner of the bookstore had seen and called the police.

When Luis left the bookstore, he was stopped by two agents who asked him to show them what he was carrying. Luis refused and tried to escape, but he was subdued and handcuffed. The agents took the book from him and recognized him as the famous poet; they could not believe that someone so admired and respected had committed such an absurd theft.

Luis was taken to jail, where he had to face the reality of his situation. He had lost his freedom, his reputation and his only consolation, he regretted having stolen the book, but he also felt more alone than ever, in his cell, he had nothing to read, nor who to talk to He only had his pen and his paper left, with which he wrote desperate and desolate poems, which no one would ever read.