Blessed be those  

who are opening paths without knowing if they will have

         the strength to conclude it;

who put themselves to the test without further ado

         than love for a cause and the hunger  

         to fight the good fight;

who are full of projects for the next years, even fearful

         for the ones of the next week;

who believe people are made to accomplish one

         for the other, fulfilling ever-present

         and true humanity;

who fall in love and are not afraid to demonstrate it;   

who plant a tree fully aware never will reap its fruits  

         nor sit by its shadow, but contented for,  

         someday, it will serve for a fellow one,

         indebted to a past kindness.

First published in Indiana Voice Journal, February 2016 issue.

Published in Highland Park Poetry, Winter 2017 issue.

Published in The Lake, November 01, 2018.

Published in Free Lit Magazine, July 2019 issue