I am useless,
Like a flower.
But no,
flowers are not useless,
they provide pollen,
they sustain life,
hummingbirds and bees,
they need flowers.
So I am useless,
like grass,
grasses,
that once covered plains,
that are now ornamental.
But no,
grass prevents erosion,
it holds the earth together,
it pushes through cracks,
like all plants.
Plants take in what we breathe out,
and create what we breathe in.
So I am not useless like plants.
What is useless in this world?
Not clouds, not the sun, not the moon,
which doesn't create its own light,
but which pulls on the oceans.
What is useless in this world?
Uselessness does not exist.
What I confuse with uselessness
is hibernation.
Like a fern that pulls its leaves away from touch,
or curls when it is too dry,
I have curled in.
What I have confused with use
is work for money,
unlike work for value,
because my value is intrinsic.
