Travel

 Travel

Italian poem by [Gio Evan]

Travel

otherwise you
become racist
and end up believing
that your skin is the only one
to be right,
that your language
it is the most romantic
and that you were the first
to be the first

Travel
that if you don't travel then
your thoughts are not strengthened
you are not full of ideas
your dreams are born with fragile legs
and then end up believing in television
and to those who invent enemies
that fit like a glove with your nightmares
to make you live with terror
no more greetings
nor thanks
nor "you're welcome"
nor "my pleasure"

Travel
that traveling teaches
to give everyone a good morning
regardless
from which sun they come,
travel
that traveling teaches
to say good night to everyone
regardless
of the darkness that we carry inside

Travel
that traveling teaches one to resist
not to depend
to accept others not only for what they are
but also for what they can never be,
to know what we are capable of
to feel part of a family
beyond borders,
beyond traditions and culture,
traveling teaches to be beyond

Travel
that otherwise you end up believing
that you are made only for a panorama
and instead inside you
there are wonderful landscapes
yet to visit.