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“I can’t breathe” Duna Agustí i Soldevila / 2n de Batxillerat LLENGUA ANGLESA_3r PREMI “You made flowers grow in my lungs, and although they are beautiful, I… I can’t breathe.” Cryl was carried away by the sound of the waves. His blond hair, disheveled by the wind, was beginning to get wet. His brown eyes were on the horizon, his pupils dilated, and his mind blank. Few things could calm him down, but the mere crash of water against the cliff simply left him dazzled. He had been feeling anxious for a long time, unable to relieve the weight he felt in his heart, he needed to dispel the anxiety that kept him awake, and the sea was the only thing that could do it. From the day he met Apolo, Cryl wasn’t able to think of anything else. Apolo was the pure representation of beauty in men. He had broad shoulders, a narrow waist, a marked abdomen, strong legs, and a face that seemed sculpted by the gods themselves. A refined nose all painted in freckles, well-defined and thick eyebrows, large emerald-green eyes and brown hair scattered in wavy fringes. He appeared in the small village on the island where Cryl lived, and since then the two boys became inseparable. In addition to a beautiful appearance, Apolo was fun, cheerful, positive and had a big heart... They became friends right away. They went to the cliffs, swam, looked at the stars, read together, escaped at night from their respective houses to cycle around the whole island… Cryl thought he had found a best friend for life, until one day in late summer when he looked at Apolo and felt his heart throb rapidly. Cryl’s eyes carefully examined from Apolo’s green eyes to his fleshy lips, and when he noticed, he blushed quickly, and looked away. Apolo didn’t notice anything. It was then that Cryl realized that he didn’t see Apolo as a friend. During the last week of summer, he tried to disseminate the feeling that kept growing deeper and deeper inside his chest, but he couldn’t. Apolo would leave the island in the last week of summer to continue his studies in the city, and Cryl prefe-
