No Longer Satisfied
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When you are no longer satisfied with the material things that obscene wealth brings and all the parties every night are merely moments passing like ships in the night. You are empty inside; your soul and your heart yearn for love. Which will you choose?
Opulence rests at hand
Endless beaches, pristine sand
Splendor found in every port
Every club and each resort
All for you if you have money
Own the land of milk and honey
Lavish art adorns the walls
Exquisite statues line the halls
Rarest woods and polished stone
The centerpiece a mighty throne
Indulge in every comfort found
Master every sight and sound
Basking in extravagance galore
You have it all but you want more
Funding of an entourage
They provide your camouflage
Slip from place to place unseen
Bursting forth, you make a scene
Fortune and fame good company
Yet outsiders call it misery
On vacation, your daily grind
Fancy foods, designer wine
Silver, jewels, platinum, and gold
Empowering you to act so bold
Yet underneath you seem to sigh
Unhappiness hides within your eyes
Your heart, it starves for new
A place, a world, where you are you
You’d gladly trade the wealth and fame
To rest each night and feel no shame
For a hand to hold, earned by love
That peace inside, your sacred dove
Can you cast off the beast of affluence
Your swanky pompous decadence
And gravitate to what makes you whole
Starve your cravings but feed your soul
Opulence, perhaps in love..
Our souls survive when found in pairs
Take a chance…I’ll meet you there
© 2016, RJ Schwartz
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This is a delight to read RJ. Your rhyme scheme is superb and flows easily, but most of all I love the message.
These are our lives , no ? I am beyond that now though , life is precious and needs to be appreciated in simple ways , Nice writing !
This is indeed a great poem and I think most of us are of like minds here atleast on some matters.
I would choose true LOVE any time over the love of money or material gain. Remembering that we can’t take material wealth to the grave, however LOVE dwells with us forevermore and our spirits will soar through eternity, if we choose to LOVE here on this plane. I enjoyed reading this fine piece, your message was a welcome.
Great poetry RJ. Something we can all relate to and think we would make the right choice yet not everyone will and many of us have to mature to know the difference!
“Starve your cravings to feed your soul” Love that line!
I look forward to reading more of your work. Great style and flow.
This is one of my favorite poems on here so far! I have often thought of these very same things concerning wealth and the seemingly superficiality of it all, as compared to the much more durable riches in life, such as you mentioned, our souls, as well as the joys of simplicity. The riches of this world are not really the fulfillment in which we seek, and never will be.