Rich Man's World

Rich Man’s World        by Sami Khalil

An English Sonnet...

It is a rich man’s world with gilded lives

Cash flow defined, enormously wealthy

Immortal in their minds, taunting high fives

Touching white fluffy clouds, duly glitzy.

 

Sadly, they look over their wide shoulders

Odder than predicted dangers looming

With off-putting loads like heavy boulders

Listed worries stay well alive, blooming.

 

In fields of daze, servants work tirelessly

To fill bank vaults for their cherished masters

With no compassion by a dynasty

Widens the gap through rich and poor actors.

 

Neither grieve the poor nor envy the rich

For pelf’s chains bind many worldlings bewitched.

 

Reviews

[Ern M. Yoshimoto]

in our times of growing wealth inequality, the more important questions are not asked. i personally know a couple of those "rich" people and they are no more or less happy than the working class people i know (i have an eclectic group of friends). human happiness comes from not riches nor comfort, it is someone with people who genuinely love them, those with purpose, and those with a sense of spirituality. 'Neither grieve the poor nor envy the rich' are very wise words indeed.

[Sami Khalil]

Woozy woo! You share much needed wisdom and reflections with us. People pursue the wrong things in life down a rabbit hole, only to find out they wasted their lives on the illusion. Thank you so much dear poet and friend for the review and sharing.

[Sami Khalil]

I always go by:
Money is a good servant but a bad master.
I think an Arab proverb of olden days

[Betty Hermelee]

What has happened to the middle class.?.. in our society today it's either the rich or the poor, because of many factors, like inflation, rising prices of food and basics... the middle class has somehow become less able to afford and live rent check to rent check; the rich (who can afford to save and put money to invest) is getting richer while the poor can hardly, put food on the table and the middle class is getting wiped out...because they are not rich and they are by statistics not poor either, but they struggle Well done!
Warmly, B

[Sami Khalil]

Wowzy woooo! So true and well articulated dear poet and friend. I read where 1% of billionaires own 90 percent of the wealth. That is a huge gap; all others are struggling to make ends meet. So many things are out of reach and unaffordable. Wowzy woooo!

[Betty Hermelee]

You're very welcome Sami
Warmly, B

[Sami Khalil]

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[Pete]

the middle class is being squeezed out. it has indeed become a "rich man's world". can be an obsession. it often doesn't end with money - next comes power. rich and poor both have their problems. i wonder if people still take a marriage vow of, "for richer or poorer" anymore? “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.” you can't put a price on a good night's sleep.

[Sami Khalil]

Whoeeee! I love your take on this subject. I agree wholeheartedly with your wisdom. Thank you kindly sir Pete for taking the time to read this and share

[Sami Khalil]

We sure need the middle class as a buffer zone.

[Pete]

We've become a bifurcated nation from our politicos on down.

[Sami Khalil]

So true and well articulated. Gracie millee

[Poetic Beauty]

The rich becoming wealthy off the backs of others. Never having enough always wanting more. The poor never having much; slaving away to make their masters rich. The price is emotional physical and mental damage but little care is taken to the poor.

[Sami Khalil]

Wow! So true and well articulated dear poet and friend. I agree wholeheartedly. The gap is getting bigger and wider; leads to lots of social and economic issues. Thank you kindly

[Poetic Beauty]

Yes the gap does seem to be getting larger and larger and what once was considered middle class or at least in the USA isn’t considered middle class anymore it’s lower on the class scale

[Sami Khalil]

All true and well articulated. Not good. Middle class is like a buffer zone.

[Sami Khalil]

"Neither grieve the poor nor envy the rich

For pelf’s chains bind many worldlings bewitched."