Introduction to Ithaca

I am writing a story called Ithaca ( it's a "land" named after the island from The Odyessy and The Iliad). I'm thinking of putting this before the actual story. There's also a reference to The Beatles

There is a place

Hidden in plain sight

If we were not destructive

Or fearful, It would not have

To hide and we all could live

Where Things happened.

The only place where people

Live with one another with no

Shame or hatred. A place where

You and I are welcome.

 

A place that is dying

Because of idiocy and greed.

A place where the morning

Dew provides drinking water

 For little people with wings.

Where, you hear the trampling of

Hoofs beating the earth and look

Up to see the face of a man.

Where night is day from the

Shimmering fairies and

Stars so bright and large

That one thinks they can

Reach up and take one.

A place where the legacy of the

Three-tailed monkeys

Live forever and your

Petty worries and troubles

Evaporate. A place so

Wonderful, it pains

You to think of a time

When you were not there.

A place where you all could

Go see if you had a

Three-tailed monkey in

Your heart and mind.

 

If you are not yet lifted by

My words then please just

Remove this text from your sight,

For you will never know of this

Place or any other alike.Let

This have been a test on

Whether your Monkey, if

Not already up and playing,

Is sleeping or dead.

 

Oh yes, your day affairs are

More important than that

Of this land, but it's this

Very reason that your world

Dies while ours thrives.

That is why we are happy while

You live in misery. That is why

We are filled with passion and you

Are filled with...well, intelligence.

 

Remember, you will need our

Saving. We will not need yours.

You are killing us but never fear

We can and will redeem ourselves.

When your world is dying, what will

You do? So turn off your mind,

Relax and float downstream. Perhaps

Ithaca is too far a journey,

There are plenty of places of

Wonder and magic.

 

Journey through the Wardrobe,

Fall down the Rabbit Hole,

Stroll through a Forest.

Come revive a world of cheer

 And silly dreams.

Author's Note

What does the poem make you think of. Does this sound too forced? ALSO, "three-tailed monkeys" are not my creature! They belong to a band called Kwoon who included them in a song called " I Lived On The Moon". The song seemed to embody the same ideals I'm trying to write about.

Reviews

[deeps]

If you are not yet lifted by
My words then please just
Remove this text from your sight,
For you will never know of this
Place or any other alike

I really enjoyed these lines, I like this I found truth in this write.
I found it intriguing and cute at the end. It doesn't forced at all.
I think this is a very well written write.