Aguacielo (eng)

At the beginning,

before the distinction 

between water and sky, 

and earth and fire, before words,

before this that exists here,

before good and evil

and contradiction,

before predators,

before biology,

before countries,

before money and pets,

before alarms and gravity,

before the body hurts,

before movies and cities,

before problems,

before a horrible world,

before there was a before:

there is light,

there are nameless animals and dances,

there is joy simply for beauty,

there are the sensations of the softest scales,

there is lapis lazuli pigment painting,

there are branches and reeds,

there is love, life, nature, and mixing,

there are also the works of Magdalena Trucco,

there are corals and forests,

there is calm, serenity, and rest,

there is prayer,

there is water and the caresses of feathers under the water,

there are the kisses of insects,

flowers grow in the vines,

cumulus clouds are the caves of octopuses,

the Aguará Guazú of plankton scream in the day-night,

the moon, meteors, and the sun are the same thing,

nothing has exploded yet.

Santiago Orti, May 2024