During my childhood
I have been in many
School camps
As a teenager,
Expeditions and hiking
Were a priority
As time passed by,
I reached
The annual leave/ holiday,
Which
I have never completed
During the same
Calendar year
Despite all the restrictions
Imposed
By my professional career,
I visited my country
And many other interesting
Places
Across the Earth
I have never
Felt up
More friendship,
Except when
I found myself
On the bridge
Between sunrise and sunset,
Surrounded
By the Rotary spirit
(From THE ONLY PLACE (Poems for Rotary), By George Băicoianu. Translated by Michaela Elisabeta Udrişte.)