|
 Menu
|
|
|
|
|
Social
|
|
|
|
|
The American Dream
Contributed by
invierno
on
Sunday, 20th August 2017 @ 10:24:38 PM in AEST
Topic:
Lifepoems
|
No hunger, no thirst,
No freezing, no heat,
no rain touches our head,
no mud on our feet.
Comfort from birth,
comfort in death,
untouched by life,
first to last breath.
No choice to be born here,
it just happened to be,
yet this American dream?
None of it/'/s free.
The horror is knowing,
we choose gilded cage,
at the cost of the world,
that views us in rage.
Third world for first,
seems a poor choice,
Yet Gandhi, Jesus, Siddhartha;
long dead, but all still have a voice.
Copyright ©
invierno
... [
2017-08-20 22:24:38]
(Date/Time posted on
site)
Advertisments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sorry, comments are no longer allowed for anonymous, please register for a free membership to access this feature and more
|
|
All comments are owned by the poster. Your Poetry
Dot Com is not responsible for the content of any
comment.
That said, if you find an offensive comment, please
contact via the FeedBack Form with details, including poem title
etc.
|
|
|
Re: The American Dream
(User Rating: 1 )
by softerware on
Monday, 21st August 2017 @ 12:48:15 AM AEST
(User
Info | Send
a Message)
|
Untouched by life, first to last breath: what a great line!
Entitlement is a curious animal. It makes us feel deprived somehow, after the price tag of our inflated hopes comes into view.
Truth be known, no one owes us anything. We are a nation of traders: my time for your money; my money for your goods.
You write some amazing truths here, the best of which is: When great leaders changed the way they looked at things; the things they looked at changed. And we can all do that for ourselves.
softerware
|
|
|
Re: The American Dream
(User Rating: 1 )
by JamesStockdale on
Monday, 21st August 2017 @ 08:09:22 AM AEST
(User
Info | Send
a Message)
|
Yes absolutely true with the exception of the first stanza. In reality many here starve and suffer and live in poverty. However the world does think we live like your first stanza. This was great!
Nothing worthwhile is free.............. |
|
|
Re: The American Dream
(User Rating: 1 )
by akadawny on
Tuesday, 22nd August 2017 @ 04:30:21 PM AEST
(User
Info | Send
a Message)
|
Oh so sad but so very true, the world mostly scares me.
I like "we choose gilded cage", we are given the illusion of free will in our lives.
I enjoyed this, thanks for sharing
Dawny x |
|
|
Re: The American Dream
(User Rating: 1 )
by RussellReinhardt on
Saturday, 16th September 2017 @ 02:08:10 PM AEST
(User
Info | Send
a Message)
|
Hello my brother
Sorry I/'/m so quiet. Great writer. Yes it/'/s true and nothing in life is free. No matter if you give up one thing for another freely or not it will cost a price. Some will approve and others won/'/t that/'/s just life. Great read. God bless
Greetings
Gert |
|
|
Re: The American Dream
(User Rating: 1 )
by purplestary on
Friday, 28th September 2018 @ 04:42:55 AM AEST
(User
Info | Send
a Message)
|
| Another amazing one. I am glad I came back to YPDC again and found your work. |
|
|
|
· 
Poetry
Community
Members
Areas
Reference
Search
Top
Others
