American Dream (Poem)

The American Dream is something we can’t see but we can vision
It’s something we imagine to help us make decisions
Because we all want a shot at this dream. What do I mean?
I mean love and happiness and true success to live our lives up until death
But the vision is hard to picture when we stay oppressed in a country that is a mess.

We hope for a better future but get knocked down by racism and systems
The ones in power act like the victims but it could all be solved if they would just listen
There are people crying and children dying. Is this the justice and liberty the declaration is implying?

We got kids in camps and shootings every day. How much more of this can we take?
Until something is done we must stay awake and stay in this fight we do partake.

We can’t see hope but we can feel it down to our core
As we seek for peace and unity without war

We are slaves to ourselves and to society
It drives us up the wall and kills our sobriety.

Now does this sound like the dream we want to live?
Because this is the reality in which we are given
A perfect picture we want but it gets ruined by the richer
So we turn to faith and the holy scripture.

The American Dream is just a vision to block out the life that we currently live in
But that don’t mean we should stop
We will continue to fight until we reach the top 

The TRUE American Dream doesn’t belittle others
It makes us equal and makes us sisters and brothers

This change is possible with the motivation and passion
You must use your voice and take the action

For this dream is ours and we will get there
Continue to learn and stay aware
Because people of color are the ones making this country great again So we will survive and to that I say amen.

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