by Lieutenant General (Ret.) Konstantinos H. Konstantinidis
Now that politicians have failed,
the experts, the scientists,
and life has slipped through their hands
like the doves of war,
a new goddess is needed,
symbolic and stern,
to embody the idea
and the virtue—
yet to be effective.
Necessity.
Before her, even the gods are persuaded,
and human beings are driven
or disappear.
If the Earth is to survive,
perhaps this new goddess can save it.
Let her become the Soul of the Earth,
the guardian of a new civilization,
a civilization of moderation,
of responsibility and Virtue.
And if she does not truly exist,
let her exist symbolically,
like the gods of our ancestors.
Let us discover her ourselves.
Let us give her a form
stern, yet beautiful,
with an olive branch,
a spear, and a helmet.
And let her message be heard everywhere,
until Necessity becomes consciousness
and consciousness becomes action.
And let the environment
be her garment.
For the Earth must regain her balance,
and support humanity,
before the downward path
leads her into chaos.
But somewhere along the way,
we forgot Moderation.
We took more from nature
than she was able to give us.
Every need became a desire,
every desire became consumption,
and consumption
became a new god
that destroys us—
instead of saving us.
The more we produce,
the more we demand.
And the more we consume,
the more we wound
the Earth that nourishes us.
Energy increases,
temperatures rise,
the balance is overturned,
and humanity
moves further away from nature,
and because of this,
it has begun to perish.
The Earth
is not a garbage dump.
It is our home,
and we must pay some kind of rent
to keep it clean.
A great village it has become,
adrift within the course
of our Galaxy.
And if each of us seeks
to tear it down in order to dominate,
that person will commit a crime.
Will we then live
among the ruins?
And if nuclear weapons become instruments
in the hands of the reckless,
and if artificial intelligence
is used for evil,
then the Earth
will have been exhausted.
Its future will be bleak.
And humanity
will search in vain
for another planet
to inhabit—
something that, for the time being,
remains utopian.
But there is only one Earth.
And here we must learn to live
with balance,
in peace
and in harmony.
(1/10/26)
Lieutenant General (Ret.) Konstantinos Konstantinidis
Author – Member of the Society of Greek Writers
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