Genius

Genius is rewarded,
Yet only if you're rich.
The poorer you are, the less there's to get.
The poor in their factories
Many a man,
Were by the blackness of coal
Worldly damned.
They could be great inventors
Or artists, or the sons of the dawn.
Yet, they died poor and miserable,
Enriching their magnate's sons.
Their peers say, "Enough!
"Try not to reach for the skies!
"Just do your work, and let your ambitions die!"
So they do, and are said to be stupid like you...
Yet if a wealthy man, no one would say it were true.