Autumn in Patagonia

Tree by tree autumn moves on Where is it heading? Where will it end? Leaf after leaf thrown onto this fire Of days, each day more colorful, More intense, shorter, redder. Autumn’s fire already burning, But slowly, almost imperceptibly. One day like the next, but not the same. Each leaf adds to a forest fire Of pure beauty, and tomorrow Or the day after, everything will burn. Half the forest, half the world Is still green, but we feel it coming: This bonfire of crazy color...