Bosco in Autunno

"Once, it was summer, / was inthat fire, to thoseheats,/whoaroused myfantasia./Inclinenowto autumn/colorthat inebriates; /love tiredseason /which has alreadygrapes harvested. /no moreI/look like, / nothingto comfort me, / of this airthat smells/of must andwine /thisold sun/Octombrian/shiningin the looted vineyards. "
(V. Cardarelli)

In modernsocietiesthe wishesof aperson who arrivesthe autumnof lifeareenormousobstaclestobe met. The preconceptionswith whichcome up againstevery dayseeminsurmountablesince a highpeak.
Inadequacy,uselessnessfear of beingmisjudged, make that mostolder peoplelivein limbowaiting to die.
For this reasonautumnis oftenjoinedin this phaseof the lifeof every man,gloomyand wetseasonwhen the sundoesnotalwayspeeping, nature's colorsfade, the leavesare detachedfrom the branchesas if toremind us of thesunsetof life.
But it would beso easyto changethese falsepreconceptions...
Elderly people areessential resourcesof wisdom andknowledge:may haveactive livesand giveyoung people(nowveryfrustrated anddemotivated) anincentive tonew intereststo better enjoytheir lives, could helpus allnot tocrumpleinhard times, they who havelived before us, mayhelp us understandhow torestore hopeto thissociety withoutsound principlessuch as honor, the sanctityof theword andhonesty.
For this reason myfallis not made ofdark andsad colors, but ofa glitteringred.
Red is thefirst colorof the rainbow andis believed to bethe first colorperceived byinfants. Causes excitementand pushesactivity,denotinga sense of strengthand security. The choiceof redcorrespondsto a state ofactivation,withamomentumdirectedtoward the conquest, anda burning desiretoexpand.The redis, in fact, mobilizationof all energies, which corresponds to theself-confidence,confidencein its strengthand ability. Red is thecolor of the heartand love, the dynamism andvitality, passion and sensuality, authority andpride.