When Some Pink Vines Stole My Soul [Eng/Esp]

By @neuropoetaโ€ข4/16/2026โ€ขhive-148441



Today I went for a walk with no set direction, just wanting to get lost for a while among the wild vegetation of my Cuba, and let me tell you, the tropics can give you shows that even the best theater in the world cannot match.




The path I chose was one of those that smell of wet earth and sun. On both sides, the undergrowth spilled over with that messy joy that only plants growing freely, with no one to set limits for them, possess. There were weeds brushing against my knees, bushes that seemed to want to whisper secrets in my ear, while the air smelled of brand new greenery.




Then, without warning, I saw them. At first they were just tiny pink flashes among all that green, but as I advanced, those flashes became patches, and the patches became whole blankets falling from tree branches, as if someone had poured living paint from above. They were vines, I discovered as I got closer. They were delicate but bold, climbing up trunks, hanging down like curtains, carpeting the grass, and tangling themselves around the stems of other plants with a familiarity that made me envious.




The flowers were very tiny, but so abundant that they seemed like thousands of pink eyes looking at me from everywhere. A vibrant pink, the kind that cheers your retina just by resting your eyes on it. I have no idea what they are called, but that did not stop me from staying there, hypnotized, as if I had found a buried treasure.




The most beautiful thing, however, was not just the color, but the buzz. Where there were flowers, there were bees buzzing back and forth with that happy hurry they have when the nectar is good and the sun is shining. It looked like a small airport of winged creatures, all obsessed with those pink petals, and there I was in the middle, feeling privileged to witness something so simple and so perfect: life that happens without asking permission, and beauty that needs no sign or ticket.



I sat on the grass for a good while, just looking, and I thought that sometimes the tropics remind you why they are unique. You do not need to go far, you do not need to look for postcard landscapes. It is enough to walk slowly along any path, with a clear gaze, and let the wild vegetation give you a lesson in humility and beauty.



So today I fell in love with some pink flowers that grow tangled around everything they can grab, without knowing their name, but indeed knowing how they made me feel: light, grateful, and alive.

๐ŸŒธ
๐ŸŒธ

๐Ÿƒ ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’Œ๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ! ๐Ÿƒ
๐‘ฐ๐’‡ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’…๐’๐’โ€™๐’• ๐’Œ๐’๐’๐’˜ ๐’Ž๐’† ๐’š๐’†๐’•, ๐‘ฐโ€™๐’Ž ๐’‚ ๐‘ช๐’–๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’†๐’–๐’“๐’๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’”๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’˜๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’“, ๐’‚ ๐’Ž๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“, ๐’‚ ๐’˜๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’‚ ๐’…๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’Ž๐’†๐’“ ๐’˜๐’‰๐’โ€™๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’–๐’๐’… ๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’‚๐’–๐’•๐’Š๐’‡๐’–๐’ ๐’”๐’‘๐’‚๐’„๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’”๐’๐’‚๐’“.
๐‘จ๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’†๐’™๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’†๐’” ๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’๐’“๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’”, 100% ๐’‰๐’–๐’Ž๐’‚๐’-๐’Ž๐’‚๐’…๐’† (๐’๐’ ๐‘จ๐‘ฐ).
๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’๐’๐’†๐’“ ๐’…๐’†๐’”๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’๐’†๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’š ๐‘ณ๐’–๐’Ž๐’Š๐’Š.
๐‘ณ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’” ๐’‘๐’๐’”๐’•? ๐‘ผ๐’‘๐’—๐’๐’•๐’†, ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•, ๐’๐’“ ๐’“๐’†๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’ ๐’”๐’‘๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’˜๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’—๐’Š๐’•๐’š! ๐Ÿ’—

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VERSIร“N EN ESPAร‘OL

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Cuando unas enredaderas rosadas me robaron el alma



Hoy salรญ a caminar sin rumbo fijo, solo con las ganas de perderme un rato entre la vegetaciรณn salvaje de mi Cuba y dรฉjenme decirles que el trรณpico les puede regalar espectรกculos que ni el mejor teatro del mundo puede igualar.




El camino que elegรญ era de esos que huelen a tierra mojada y a sol. A ambos lados, la maleza se desbordaba con esa alegrรญa desordenada que solo tienen las plantas que crecen libres, sin nadie que les ponga lรญmites. Se podรญan ver hierbas que me rozaban las rodillas, arbustos que parecรญan querer contarme secretos al oรญdo, mientras que el aire olรญa a verde reciรฉn estrenado.




Entonces, sin avisar, las vi. Al principio fueron solo pequeรฑos destellos rosados entre tanto verde, pero conforme avanzaba, esos destellos se fueron haciendo manchas, y las manchas, mantos enteros que caรญan desde las ramas de los รกrboles como si alguien hubiera derramado pintura viva desde lo alto. Eran enredaderas, descubrรญ al acercarme. Eran delicadas pero atrevidas, que trepaban por los troncos, se descolgaban como cortinas, alfombraban el pasto y se enredaban en los tallos de otras plantas con una familiaridad que daba envidia.




Las flores eran pequeรฑรญsimas, pero tan abundantes que parecรญan miles de ojos rosados mirรกndome desde todas partes. Un rosa vibrante, de esos que te alegran la retina solo con posar la vista encima. No tengo ni idea de cรณmo se llaman, pero eso no me impidiรณ quedarme allรญ, hipnotizada, como si hubiera encontrado un tesoro enterrado.




Lo mรกs bonito, sin embargo, no era solo el color, era el bullicio, porque donde habรญa flores, habรญa abejas zumbando de un lado a otro con esa prisa feliz que tienen cuando el nรฉctar es bueno y el sol acompaรฑa. Parecรญa un pequeรฑo aeropuerto de criaturas aladas, todas obsesionadas con esos pรฉtalos rosados, y yo allรญ, en medio, sintiรฉndome privilegiada por ser testigo de algo tan sencillo y tan perfecto: la vida que se da sin pedir permiso y la belleza que no necesita cartel ni entrada.



Me quedรฉ un buen rato sentada en el pasto, solo mirando, y pensรฉ que a veces el trรณpico te recuerda por quรฉ es รบnico. No hace falta irse lejos, no hace falta buscar paisajes postales. Basta con caminar despacio por un camino cualquiera, con la mirada limpia, y dejar que la vegetaciรณn silvestre te regale una lecciรณn de humildad y de belleza.



Asรญ que hoy me enamorรฉ de unas flores rosas que crecen enredadas en todo lo que pillan, sin saber su nombre, pero sรญ sabiendo cรณmo me hicieron sentir: liviana, agradecida y viva.

๐ŸŒธ
๐ŸŒธ

๐Ÿƒ ยก๐‘ฎ๐’“๐’‚๐’„๐’Š๐’‚๐’” ๐’‘๐’๐’“ ๐’๐’†๐’†๐’“! ๐Ÿƒ
๐‘บ๐’Š ๐’‚รบ๐’ ๐’๐’ ๐’Ž๐’† ๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’„๐’†๐’”: ๐’”๐’๐’š ๐’๐’†๐’–๐’“รณ๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’‚ ๐’š ๐’†๐’”๐’„๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’๐’“๐’‚ ๐’„๐’–๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’๐’‚, ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’…๐’“๐’†, ๐’Ž๐’–๐’‹๐’†๐’“ ๐’š ๐’”๐’รฑ๐’‚๐’…๐’๐’“๐’‚ ๐’’๐’–๐’† ๐’†๐’๐’„๐’๐’๐’•๐’“รณ ๐’†๐’ ๐‘ฏ๐’Š๐’—๐’† ๐’–๐’ ๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’Ž๐’๐’”๐’ ๐’†๐’”๐’‘๐’‚๐’„๐’Š๐’ ๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’‚ ๐’—๐’๐’๐’‚๐’“.
๐‘ฌ๐’ ๐’•๐’†๐’™๐’•๐’ ๐’š ๐’๐’‚๐’” ๐’Š๐’Žรก๐’ˆ๐’†๐’๐’†๐’” ๐’”๐’๐’ ๐’…๐’† ๐’Ž๐’Š ๐’‚๐’–๐’•๐’๐’“รญ๐’‚, 100% ๐’‰๐’–๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’๐’” (๐’”๐’Š๐’ ๐‘ฐ๐‘จ).
๐‘ฉ๐’‚๐’๐’๐’†๐’“ ๐’…๐’Š๐’”๐’†รฑ๐’‚๐’…๐’ ๐’‘๐’๐’“ ๐‘ณ๐’–๐’Ž๐’Š๐’Š.
ยฟ๐‘ป๐’† ๐’ˆ๐’–๐’”๐’•รณ ๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’‚ ๐’‘๐’–๐’ƒ๐’๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’„๐’Šรณ๐’? ๐‘ฝ๐’๐’•๐’‚, ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’‚ ๐’ ๐’“๐’†๐’ƒ๐’๐’๐’ˆ๐’–๐’†๐’‚ ๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’‚ ๐’‚๐’š๐’–๐’…๐’‚๐’“ ๐’‚ ๐’…๐’†๐’”๐’‘๐’๐’†๐’ˆ๐’‚๐’“ ๐’†๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’”. ๐Ÿ’—

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