Good is not a virtue signal
Good deeds each plant their own seed
Sprouting beauty into our lives
Slowly nurtured from the ground up
Taking root, unbreakable truth
We build the places in which we live
Shaping our world interconnected
A shadow rests heavy on our vanity
For all is not as it seems
Stars shining without regard
Unwittingly chasing riches
Forced to dismiss the good
In pursuit of utopian dreams
Take a look around
What do you see
Plant the seed
Spread the word
-Camille Delaquise
This poem appears in The Precipice, Camille’s third contemporary poetry collection. Good is not a virtue signal speaks to the moral difference between appearance and action — affirming that genuine goodness is cultivated through lived care, while vanity and hollow aspiration estrange us from what truly sustains the world.
This poem is available as a contemporary poetry print on textured recycled card.