They flow among us, invisibly present;
secrets known in every place of the globe
about political games and dirty businesses
that have our consensus through our vote.
Hungry ego-s in suits move among us,
thinking of this sphere as their playground,
dancing on the world map, drunk by the aroma
of the black gold from underground.
Every now and then they find a way
to push their nails into our flesh.
I’m not seeing us as victims;
we share responsibility, yes.
We’re not ready to raise a steady voice,
or, maybe we gradually prepare ourselves,
like many heroes in the past
that put freedom over convenience.
Dirty interests find their way
to turn crises into coin-fountains.
When many individuals will be awake,
the collective will move mountains.
Until then we observe the present “history”,
living it on our skin, experiencing it.
We use our critical thinking — or not(?) —
watching the movie also as part of it.
These are not conspiracy theories,
but obvious and proven facts.
Businesses like that run for a long time;
every crisis brings wealth from their acts.
“Freeing” peoples from tyranny
by bombing for own interest
is not a start-up anymore,
but an established market to invest.
Even crises that had to do with health
were fields of opportunity to many.
And at the same time, some protagonists
fought honestly to help society.
It was not a sci-fi movie scenario, you see;
maybe a sci-(p)fi(zer) one, from a viewpoint.
But names don’t matter, the act is the same;
let’s not pretend that we don’t get the point.
If you swim in the Social Media ocean, you’ll find me somewhere here for Instagram and here for Facebook, on a raft like the one Odysseus had, monologuing sometimes in Greek and sometimes in English.
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Anthi Psomiadou — CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International : Credit must be given to the creator/ Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted/ No derivatives
Through this poem, you have painted a true picture of the situation Anthi. Wonderful!
You are right. Collective effort can move mountains, but only when many individuals are awake. The problem is that many are asleep, and others pretend not to see.
Everybody knows but few really care, and those that don't know, don't want to know or prefer to know the lies that are repeated like truths.