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This particular night, I can't sleep.
I just downed three Cuba Libre with a strong dose of local rum.
I don't feel like closing my eyes.
After spending who knows how long in bed
I decide to go out for some fresh air.
I leave the bungalow
make my way to the beach.
I look out at the Caribbean Sea
listen to the waves, the wind...
I let my mind wander off to distant ramblings. I feel good, so good...
It's in that moment of total lethargy
that a woman advances towards me...
She's staring at me with her big bright eyes that seem to glow in the darkness of night.
I recognize her- it's Natalia,
A mysterious beauty.
There are moments when we make a choice that certainly goes against all common sense
and without really knowing why.
We cross the white sand beach, desert at this late hour,
onto a small path that leads into a dense forest of palm trees...
Common sense would say: Turn back- there's still time.
Guided, spellbound by her,
driven by impulses, I calmly follow this beautiful woman.
We cross through a cemetery, labyrinth of high tombs stacked on top of each other, leading to underground chambers.
It is into one of these chambers, larger than the others, that we enter.
A strange ceremony seems to be taking place. Men and women alike, devoting themselves to some sort of ritual.
taking place men and women who are in the proteins themselves sort of every
I've heard of Voodoo, offerings to the dead, calling spirits, casting spells...
But what am I doing here...
Several drummers strike a frenzied rhythm.
Women in a trance clap, laugh, cry and yell. One violently collapses.
After an instant that seems to be an eternity,
the beautiful Natalia, who lured me to this place, holds a bowl up to my lips.
It contains a concoction that smells like rum mixed with scents I can not even describe...
Drink
Literally carried by this mystifying impulse, I take two gulps, then the rest of the bowl with one big swig.
It is an initiation ritual... And I'm a player!
I start sweating and insane images cross my mind.
In this moment it is no longer mine.
I sweat like crazy all over. A fear-like lump in my stomach stiffens me...
In front of me Natalia starts to emulate a strange dance similar to the slither of a snake...
I see it!
It creeps towards me, sneaking its cold glare into the depths of my being, hissing and whispering.
Dream? Reality?
Regardless, I feel good. I am not afraid...
A voice full of charm resonates before me, surrounding me, inside of me...
Man, I want to enter into you...
At that moment, the red serpent sank his sharp fangs in me.
A strange tingling invades my tongue, my mouth, my throat.
A sensation of heat, rising towards my head and taking over mind.
Illusion? Reality? Who knows...
A throbbing sensation of pleasure possesses me. A sense of total satisfaction...
I feel liberated...
I get more and more dizzy, but I feel good, mysteriously good...
I experience hallucinations. I see, I feel, I hear and I touch...
The sun. A sunlight that becomes more and more intense.
I see young people gathering into a maze. A combination of mixed-raced, the whole of humanity get together.
They are all bare chest, men and women, proudly displaying the red snake tattoo
hey all merge, driven by an invisible organization. A party is going on.
They dance, they laugh, they sing. They hug, bond, make love. Everybody shares the "liquid" that brings happiness.
I feel the red serpent all around me, inside of me. My throat burns, I am one with the snake.
The liquid ignites! You only have to be ready to see, to believe...
if it is your desire...
I hear these words floating in the air.
You have the freedom to choose your thoughts, your dreams, your desires and your actions.
Don't let others decide where your place is. Shape your life according to the desires of your own reality.
It's your freedom. A mighty unthinkable power.