The American Dream by Amy H. Wichita
It is the American Dream What we all strive for and imagine In double-wide trailers to double-wide mansions In sprouting lakes of fake fish. Nothing captures its essence Unbound by time or dust or rot The things we cherish still are lovingly patted And brought through the centuries. It is more than a dream now It's a reality that the millions have made Our heart and soul builds the heaven on earth. A refuge for the sick, And a shelter for the needy, It is everything we desire. In the cherry trucks and laughing children To indolent teenagers with smoke circling We see our dream and the actuality It may not be perfect, but it is our heaven And so disillusioned we conjure forth our hope. In the picket fences we see our childhood In the sky we see our adulthood And in the middle we see our life. Suspended, but not contained, It is the dream that wakes within us all. |
This poem by Amy. H Wichita talks about the American dream and making it into a reality. It start off by saying that the American dream is the thing that everyone strives to reach. "It is the American Dream, What we all strive for and imagine". Amy Wichita says that the american dream is something everyone strives for and imagines. It's trying to achieve what people think they're suppose to do. She then goes on to talk about building up to your American dream and starting from the bottom and working up to your dream. "In double-wide trailers to double wide mansions". You may start off in just a small trailer but if you keep pursuing your dream, one day you may end up in double-wide mansions. A little later on in the poem Amy Wichita says how the American dream has been brought along through the centuries, and how it was unbound by time or dust or rot. She thinks the American dream is still alive and always will be alive.
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