Reading Emily Dickinson

If I can stop one Heart from breaking

I shall not live in vain

If I can ease one Life the Aching

Or cool one Pain

Or help one fainting Robin

Unto his Nest gain

I shall not live in Vain.

Emily Dickinson

If I can … be myself in these lines

If I can show what I save inside of me –

be sensitive in front of a small view, tender or simple that is

or the innate urge to help someone who needs it

the happiness for any step forward,

discover what there is under our feet,

the power of life or the uniqueness of a glance -,

if I can prove that all this isn’t common or useless or without an aim,

but it’s got the real taste of life

I shall not live in vain.

Anna Caruso

If I can stop world hunger

I shall not live in vain.

If I can stop the war in the world or help an abandoned dog

 I shall not live in vain

Emanuele La Verde

If I can stop the pollution in the world.

I shall not live in vain.

If I can help a little abandoned dog

or an old lady with her shopping

I shall not live in vain

Vincenzo Nicchi