The wealth of nations
Neverland was never meant for children
But rather adults seeking refuge from desolation
Fairy Tales created to give hope to a hopeless world
A world populated by slaves
With clouded eyes
And automated minds
Breeding generations that follow
Nations of worker bees
Keeping the hive alive
The abundance of the few
The starvation of the many
'Selfish people live longer'
Wealth hoarders consuming the riches
Generations to come won’t get through
-but they earned it.
About this poem
This poem starts out completely different from the rest of the poem, it made a total 180. I think my feelings and thoughts just took over from the second stanza. It started with me thinking about adults needing escape from this world more than children, and then it went to a hopeless world, then my mind went haywire as to why it thinks this world is hopeless. This poem is not targeted at rich people it has in mind the few billionaires in the world who refuse to use their money to help others, and people always say that they earned their money so it is their decision, that is why that last line is sarcastically inserted, as a reference to that. more »
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