I stood at attention and smiled
at the cloud’s serene passing
over the firmament, and I delved in
the meaningful depth of the eternal
return, while the soul of man settled
on the good and benevolent world and
in the meaning of existence hidden
in each phase of animate and inanimate life
I smiled, and I meditated on my purpose
on this Earth, and only one word appeared
in front of my eyes, a diaphanous word
that warmed my viscera and consciousness: arts
the meaning of this word, and its transcendence, was
the purposes of my life to excel, to overcome
the mediocrity of daily affairs on my climb
toward my destined Ithaca
Manolis Aligizakis 