A poem: The spirit of our approach (?)

Yesterday, checking my emails I found one from a Colombian friend which contains a beautiful poem of Benjamin Gonzalez Buelta. It makes me think of the spirit on which any good PMSD should be based (English translation below). Will donors listen to it someday?:

"Apostaremos por lo germinal con toda la verdad
de un amor que se derrama como el agua,
que no pregunta cómo crecerá la planta
ni exige una altura a tiempo fijo,
ni impone una dirección precisa,
ni urge los frutos más temprano
compitiendo,
mirando de soslayo los otros árboles del huerto
que crecen a su lado.

Apostaremos como el agua
que cree en el poder de la semilla,
en el sol que guía el tallo en su estatura,
y en la tierra que la nutre sin descanso

Apostaremos por lo germinal como Tu,
como el agua de la Vida."

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“We will bet on the sprout with all the truth
of a love that overflows like water,
one which does not ask how the plant will grow
nor demands a certain height at a fixed time
nor imposes a precise direction
nor urges to mature the fruits earlier
competing,
comparing it to the other trees in the orchard
growing beside it

We will bet on it like the water
which believes in the power of the seed,
in the sun that guides the stem in its height,
and in the soil that nurtures it restlessly

We will bet on the sprout like You,
Like the water of life”


Isn’t this poem amazing? I think it masterfully encapsulates the philosophy behind our approach.