30 short stories in 30 days # 6 Jack's obsession.

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Jack, since he was little, dreamed of flying, for him birds were superior beings because they could cross the sky and get lost in the clouds. Flying was his obsession, almost a necessity to be someone in life. It was not enough for him to jump the trampoline, swing higher and higher, climb to the top of the trees, what he wants and is excited about is being able to climb to the heights and stay there for hours (or forever if possible).

There was no way, nobody understood him, his father, his mother, his whole family warned him about the impossibility of flying, "people don't fly son, unless they are on planes", "you are stupid or crazy, how do you think Can you fly without wings? For Jack, all those words went in one ear and out the other. Years passed and when Jack grew up, so did his obsession with flying. His parents thought of taking him to a pilot school. but he was not interested in flying machines but in flying alone.It is clear that this obsession would go crazy at any moment, so it was necessary to take action before something tragic happened.

One morning, Jack's parents told him to pack his luggage because we are going on vacation, Jack was not very excited about the idea of ​​leaving his room, he was devastated because it could not be a bird. After repeatedly insisting the young man to go out with his family they managed to convince him, however, Dad's car took a route in the opposite direction to the airport, Jack was so distracted looking at the birds that he did not notice that detail until the vehicle stopped in front of a place that looked like a kind of jail (at least that's how Jack perceived it). It was a psychiatric clinic, a beautiful euphemism for not saying madhouse.

Despite claims that he had been taken to that place under deception, Jack is finally retained. For a month, Jack underwent various therapies, from electric shocks to acupuncture, considering the countless hours locked in the room with padded walls. Every day of his madhouse stay was designed to take away his obsession with flying. One morning Jack wakes up feeling nothing, between drugs, drugs, electric shocks and hours of solitude his desire to be a bird was diminishing. The doctors finally discharged him, congratulating each other on managing to eradicate that gift from Jack's mind while his parents smiled relieved to see their beloved son free of his flying thoughts.

That same night, when he returned to the family department, they had a party in honor of Jack's health: there was cake, drinks and a lot of music, everyone had fun for the return of his loved one and especially because he is a normal being. Later, everyone went to sleep, Jack was hot, so he opened the window, undressed and like a bird took off into the sky ... unfortunately the laws of nature confirmed it: people do not fly. At least it was a nice funeral.

Carlos D. Pérez Guerrero / @waraira777