Matteo N. Delgrosso, “Love The World”

What does it mean, “Love the world”? Love men, nature, animals? With this poem, I invite you to reflect on the ambiguity of the love man brings to his environment.

Man declares his love only in words, but the reality is different.

You say: Love the world. But you destroy it.

You say: Love men. But you don’t understand them.

You say: Love the woods (forests). But you destroy them with a blow of the ax.

You say: Love the animals. But you enslave them.

If now you still say you love me, I am afraid.