American Dream

If only it was as we saw it-
green grass, blue skies, promising men.
Only to be brutally shot down,
filled with the perverted, the heartbreak, the scandal.
"American Dream", they said,
as they desperately strove for the land
and the innocent laugh and play
with the toys made of the tired hands of the misfortunate.
All the while hidden from the eye-
the abuse, the torment, the death.
"American Dream", they said
as they hurried to better jobs with tired hands.
Broken road, they would not have seen.
Because we are all blind, you see?
To the real American Dream.
Our men talk of such triumph and freedom land
and we stand before them in armor as always.
If you don't support, labeled a traitor
If you do, you condone murder.
Our men talk of justice and peace
not mentioning the innocent ones,
ones like us- with hope and faith and family.
But their grass is not green nor their skies blue nor their men promising.
"American Dream", they said
as they scurried to the promise land.
The pains in my stomach light to flame
as I think of the ignorance and buried truth,
but as I bash the infamous "American Dream",
I realize I am a single stepping stone that puts all the puzzle pieces together.
To finally, run the cycle as always.
Keeping the skies blue and the grass green.
And then i realize, I am a democrat.