Gold champagne glass

Seats in first class.

Platinum jewelry

Self-written eulogies.

Silver ball gowns

Euros and pounds.

Money can’t buy love

Unless there’s enough.

Tea at the cafe

Every day’s payday.

If only Luxury

Could build her own legacy.

She wonders, if only

She wasn’t so lonely.

Months turn to years

Soon, hopes become fears.

She befriends Envy

They drive in their Bentleys.

She gives, Envy takes

Their friendship is fake.

Luxury suffers

She begs for a lover.

Chocolate and honey

Turns into money.

She pays for her dates

For pearly white gates.

She wants to feel safer

Her voice starts to waver.

Surrounded by drugs

Can’t buy herself hugs.

She takes her last breath

Sheltered by Death.