24189 - Societies

N. Lygeros
Translated from the Greek by Athena Kehagias

Societies
are simply
the manure
for the flowers
of humanity
and if you’re wasting
your time
only with them
because you feel
obliged to do so
then you’ll become
just the same
whereas, if you see
the beauty
in the colour
of the flowers
then you will also
discover
that it is that beauty
which
will save
the world
and certainly not
the manure
because it is
a waste matter
which is not even
recyclable.