Inima mi-a tres\u0103rit. Am crezut c\u0103 poate s-a r\u0103zg\u00e2ndit. C\u0103 Mihai venise, \u00een sf\u00e2r\u0219it, s\u0103 \u00ee\u0219i cear\u0103 iertare. Cu lacrimi \u00eenc\u0103 uscate pe obraji, m-am ridicat cu greu de pe scaun \u0219i m-am \u00eendreptat spre hol.<\/p>\n
Dar c\u00e2nd am deschis, am v\u0103zut doar vecina mea, tanti Ileana, cu un co\u0219 plin de lemne.
\u2013 Am v\u0103zut c\u0103 nu mai e fum la sob\u0103, mam\u0103 drag\u0103\u2026 M-am g\u00e2ndit c\u0103 poate \u00ee\u021bi e frig, zise ea bl\u00e2nd.<\/p>\n
Atunci am sim\u021bit cum un val de c\u0103ldur\u0103 \u00eemi umple sufletul. Nu era fiul meu, dar era cineva care \u00ee\u0219i f\u0103cuse drum prin frig, pentru mine. I-am mul\u021bumit \u0219i am poftit-o \u00een cas\u0103. A pus lemnele pe foc, iar camera s-a luminat de fl\u0103c\u0103ri \u0219i de mirosul lemnului ars.<\/p>\n
\u2013 Ce-ai p\u0103\u021bit la picioare? m-a \u00eentrebat, v\u0103z\u00e2ndu-mi gleznele umflate.
\u2013 Am mers\u2026 mult. Mai mult dec\u00e2t ar fi trebuit, i-am r\u0103spuns, evit\u00e2nd s\u0103-i spun adev\u0103rul.<\/p>\n
Dar Ileana m\u0103 cuno\u0219tea prea bine. A oftat ad\u00e2nc \u0219i a spus doar at\u00e2t:
\u2013 S\u00e2ngele ap\u0103 nu se face\u2026 dar uneori \u00eenghea\u021b\u0103.<\/p>\n
Am petrecut acea sear\u0103 vorbind. Ea mi-a povestit despre vremurile \u00een care satul era plin de via\u021b\u0103, despre iernile \u00een care oamenii se ajutau f\u0103r\u0103 s\u0103 a\u0219tepte nimic \u00een schimb. Mi-a adus aminte de colindele de odinioar\u0103, de mirosul de cozonac \u0219i de z\u0103pada care sc\u00e2r\u021b\u00e2ia sub pa\u0219ii copiilor.<\/p>\n
\u00cen acea noapte, am adormit cu g\u00e2ndul c\u0103 poate nu to\u021bi cei din via\u021ba mea \u00eemi sunt s\u00e2nge, dar unii \u00eemi sunt suflet.<\/p>\n
A doua zi diminea\u021b\u0103, c\u00e2nd m-am trezit, picioarele m\u0103 dureau \u00eengrozitor, dar am auzit b\u0103t\u0103i u\u0219oare \u00een u\u0219\u0103. Am deschis \u0219i am v\u0103zut trei copii din vecini, cu obrajii ro\u0219ii de frig. \u021aineau \u00een m\u00e2ini un co\u0219 cu mere \u0219i c\u00e2teva portocale.
\u2013 Mama ne-a trimis, tanti Marioara. S\u0103 v\u0103 aducem fructe, s\u0103 v\u0103 prinde\u021bi puteri.<\/p>\n
Le-am mul\u021bumit, iar lacrimile mi-au revenit, de data asta nu din durere, ci din recuno\u0219tin\u021b\u0103.<\/p>\n
\u00cen zilele urm\u0103toare, oamenii din sat au \u00eenceput s\u0103 m\u0103 viziteze mai des. Unii aduceau lemne, al\u021bii m\u00e2ncare g\u0103tit\u0103. Nu \u0219tiu dac\u0103 au aflat ce mi s-a \u00eent\u00e2mplat cu Mihai sau pur \u0219i simplu \u0219i-au adus aminte c\u0103 iarna nu trebuie s\u0103 te prind\u0103 singur.<\/p>\n
C\u00e2nd m-am mai \u00eentremat, am \u00eenceput s\u0103 cos la r\u0103zboiul vechi din odaie. Am f\u0103cut un covor mare, cu flori ro\u0219ii \u0219i albastre, \u0219i l-am pus deoparte. Nu pentru Mihai, ci pentru copiii vecinilor, care m\u0103 vizitau aproape zilnic.<\/p>\n
Trecuser\u0103 c\u00e2teva s\u0103pt\u0103m\u00e2ni c\u00e2nd, \u00eentr-o diminea\u021b\u0103, am auzit pa\u0219i grei pe z\u0103pad\u0103. Era Mihai. St\u0103tea \u00een prag, cu ochii \u00een p\u0103m\u00e2nt.
\u2013 Mam\u0103\u2026 am gre\u0219it. Iart\u0103-m\u0103.<\/p>\n
L-am privit \u00eendelung. Am v\u0103zut \u00een fa\u021ba mea b\u0103iatul pe care \u00eel crescusem singur\u0103, dar \u0219i b\u0103rbatul care \u00eemi tr\u00e2ntise u\u0219a \u00een fa\u021b\u0103. I-am spus doar at\u00e2t:
\u2013 Intr\u0103, Mihai. \u00cenc\u0103 e focul aprins.<\/p>\n
Ne-am a\u0219ezat la mas\u0103. Nu i-am spus cuvinte grele, nu l-am \u00eentrebat \u201ede ce\u201d. Doar am pus \u00een fa\u021ba lui o farfurie cu sarmale aburinde \u0219i o felie de p\u00e2ine de cas\u0103. \u00cen cultura noastr\u0103, iertarea nu se d\u0103 prin vorbe, ci prin gesturi simple.<\/p>\n
\u00cen acea zi, Mihai m-a \u00eembr\u0103\u021bi\u0219at pentru prima oar\u0103 dup\u0103 mul\u021bi ani. \u0218i atunci am \u00een\u021beles c\u0103, de\u0219i iarna \u00eenghea\u021b\u0103 totul, undeva, sub stratul de ghea\u021b\u0103, inima \u00eenc\u0103 poate \u00eenmuguri.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Inima mi-a tres\u0103rit. Am crezut c\u0103 poate s-a r\u0103zg\u00e2ndit. C\u0103 Mihai venise, \u00een sf\u00e2r\u0219it, s\u0103 \u00ee\u0219i cear\u0103 iertare. Cu lacrimi \u00eenc\u0103 uscate pe obraji, m-am ridicat cu greu de pe scaun \u0219i m-am \u00eendreptat spre hol. Dar c\u00e2nd am deschis, am v\u0103zut doar vecina mea, tanti Ileana, cu un co\u0219 plin de lemne.\u2013 Am v\u0103zut […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3809,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-povesti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3808"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3810,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3808\/revisions\/3810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bumzi.ro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}