@d-pend ... poetic verse ... I wish more poets would make the effort.

With respect to the poem ... I sense you're 'getting older' and seeing the world 'as it is,' not as a younger you saw it 'as it ought to be.' You're getting better at 'reality-testing' (Heaven forbid) and you're worried that that is killing off your fantasy-land, the source of your artistic creativity.

Who knows, if you're not careful ... you might even become a Republican!

Don't sweat it. Shakespeare got better as he got older as did of most great writers. It's only mathematicians and physicists that peak at 28. A lot of poets seem to think that to write good poetry you have to be so opaque that it would take the Oracle of Delphi to decipher the meaning. As if they're were getting points for 'mystique.' Fine, if that's what your into, but the price is that 99% of the population won't even bother to read it.

The real world with real people, with real hopes and real dreams, with real fears and shedding real tears. You don't need a fantasy world - the real one is filled with material.

Excellent poem by the way. I'm new the Steemit (3 days) but I've already posted a few poems and there's many to come. I'd love to get your feedback.