Sam Chevalier - The boy with the sad eyes

Sam Chevalier

The Boy With the Sad Eyes

© 2021, Sam Chevalier

© de esta edición:

Ediciones Venado Real

edicionesvenadoreal@gmail.com

First edition: June 2021

ISBN: 978-9915-9363-3-8

First Published by Juliana Del Pópolo

English Translation: Leila Sandalí

Cover Design: H. Kramer & MagicalEyes Designs

Layout: MagicalEyes Designs

Cover Ilustration: Chari Nogales

Ilustrations by Ana Clara Picco

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Prologue PROLOGUE Ever since I was a kid I’ve wondered what was behind our name. I would ask who we are or what lies behind that thing we call soul. I had a thousand reasons to write this book, as well as a thousand doubts. Beyond the desire to find myself, I wanted to let go of this storm of feelings that I was carrying inside. I wanted to share it with the world, so they could experience my transformation, everything that put me here, and that shaped me into the person I am today. So they could see from the darkest place of my soul to the one that shines the most. Through this book you’ll get to know a lot about me, you’ll even discover a lot about you, and, throughout the reading, you’ll perhaps question the path that each one must travel to change course and try every day to improve in every aspect of our lives. We all want that, at least most of us. During the course of our life we’ll meet people that settle with what they have or what they got out of sheer luck; basic people with plain mindsets who don’t want to expand or venture into the unknown, to go a little further, out of their comfort zone... I’ve always been on the opposite side of this, on the other side of the coin. I’ve always been someone eager to learn, to understand, to conquer, to hold, to love…To learn about the darkness that comes with pain and the light of the stars, to understand my mistakes and turn them into an opportunity to learn, to conquer dreams, to embrace my own pain and love the temperance I build every day. I’m just different from those who settle for the world as it is; an outsider… Probably just like you reading this book. You seek to grow, to change, and to evolve. Or maybe you just want to see life from a different perspective, to try to understand the thoughts that invade our minds at certain times, to be versatile and change as our soul needs it. In this book I spill out a lot of reasons, illusions, broken hearts, ideologies that I have created in time. In this book, I’m an open book (forgive me for being redundant). I wanted to give away a part of myself within these pages I wrote and let you all know that there is no such thing as “too big” when it comes to dreams, there are no limits other than us. Our desires, our goals can be accomplished if only we keep fighting and never give up. Knowledge is supposed to be shared, and it has a great value, an unexplainable one. How much do you actually know yourself? What are your limits?

Loneliness

Agony

Short Of Breath

An Empty Loop

Remembrance

It Hurts

Broken

Test Of Fire

Rupture

I Want To, But I Can’t

Dear Love

A Different Kind Of Love

The Problem

A Hummingbird’s Soul

If You Knock On My Door

Kiss Me

All About You

My Dream

Today More Than Ever, I Miss You.

Hope

Farewell

Weakness

Lessons

Life Goes On

Walking Away

Rollercoaster

The Ghost Of My Smile

Vulnerable To Pain

I’m Still Me

To Let You Go

You

I Think Of You

A Need From The Soul

My Life Before You

I’ve Decided To Be On My Own

Wisdom I’ll Never Forget

Dear Past

If I Owned Time

Just In Time

To Say I Can’t

A Little Extra Pinch

The Reins

Wishes Upon The Wind

From Time To Time

The Path

Dare To Dream

Love

North And South

The Dark Side Of Love

A Verse To Life

Life Is Ephimeral

You’ll Live In Me

Self-Love

Holes That Will Never Be Filled

Sleepless Nights

Shipwrecked

Wanting To Walk Away

Footprints

Caged Time

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

You Didn’t Mean To Hurt Me

Lies

My Last Letter

It Was Her

Afraid Of Tomorrow

Three Seconds

Dear Me

The Flower

Losers

More People Like This

Freedom

Separate Ways

I Am Not That Guy

Take The Lead

Needing To Dream

If Love Were A Person

A Thousand Times Again.

A Beautiful Coincidence

Fall In Love With Her

I Wish

My Biggest Fear

I Can’t Dance

If You Stay

The Path Towards Happiness And Dreams

About The Author

To my parents Ambiorix and Rosa,

I am who I am because of you. To my siblings, Ezequiel, Braeyer y Perla Abigail,

We are all in this together, walking the same road.

Ever since I was a kid I’ve wondered what was behind our name. I would ask who we are or what lies behind that thing we call soul. I had a thousand reasons to write this book, as well as a thousand doubts. Beyond the desire to find myself, I wanted to let go of this storm of feelings that I was carrying inside. I wanted to share it with the world, so they could experience my transformation, everything that put me here, and that shaped me into the person I am today. So they could see from the darkest place of my soul to the one that shines the most.

Through this book you’ll get to know a lot about me, you’ll even discover a lot about you, and, throughout the reading, you’ll perhaps question the path that each one must travel to change course and try every day to improve in every aspect of our lives.

We all want that, at least most of us.

During the course of our life we’ll meet people that settle with what they have or what they got out of sheer luck; basic people with plain mindsets who don’t want to expand or venture into the unknown, to go a little further, out of their comfort zone... I’ve always been on the opposite side of this, on the other side of the coin. I’ve always been someone eager to learn, to understand, to conquer, to hold, to love…To learn about the darkness that comes with pain and the light of the stars, to understand my mistakes and turn them into an opportunity to learn, to conquer dreams, to embrace my own pain and love the temperance I build every day.

I’m just different from those who settle for the world as it is; an outsider… Probably just like you reading this book. You seek to grow, to change, and to evolve. Or maybe you just want to see life from a different perspective, to try to understand the thoughts that invade our minds at certain times, to be versatile and change as our soul needs it.

In this book I spill out a lot of reasons, illusions, broken hearts, ideologies that I have created in time. In this book, I’m an open book (forgive me for being redundant). I wanted to give away a part of myself within these pages I wrote and let you all know that there is no such thing as “too big” when it comes to dreams, there are no limits other than us. Our desires, our goals can be accomplished if only we keep fighting and never give up.