For Autumn
Like the annual thrill
of shedding chlorophyll,
you’ll never again be green,
your identity unseen.
The former limbs to cling to,
no longer a part of you.
Now, you are so colorful
a complete original.
Each day a new leaf,
poised, ready to leap
Para el otoño
Como la emoción anual
de perder la clorofila,
jamás volverás a ser verde,
tu identidad no vista.
las ramas anteriores para agarrarse
ya no forman parte de ti.
Ahora eres tan colorado
y completamente original.
Cada día una hoja nueva,
posada, lista para saltar
Murray McCartan is a League of Minnesota Poets member and a High School Special Education Instructor. She’d like to find time to solve the mysteries of her golf swing or take a nap. Poetry credits include: Sunlight Press, Main Channel Voices, Poems of Hope and Reassurance, Studio One, and Offerings.
*Translated by Sarah Degner Riveros