The American Dream
Grass roots, built from the bottom up
But the dream is different for a woman
Who opens doors even when glued shut
Maybe a white man has it easier
Power, privilege, and wealth
Yet perspective can change a lot
Feeling a loss one should have never felt
Shouldn’t she, a white woman have it easier?
40 years and a stable family
But many parts of life can be a facade
Calculating the real hardships and injustice carefully
There is undeniable privilege
But also undeniable disadvantage
Because her undeniable womanhood
Put her through undeniable antics
This dream can differ
Experience leads to ideals
Many are grand but some humble
To move forward only she could push the wheels
Inclusion, difficult to grasp
People still find reason to oppose
There is a lack of thought in
People’s lives are often not the ones they chose
It was her dream for change
No matter the scale or cost
It was her dream for empathy
Since she had no choice but to move on from the loss
I used to the think the dream was cosmic
Unattainable, without even knowing its form
Without even knowing my dream
I already knew I was torn
Expected to be better than who came before
If not, you’re a failure and you fall
But how can anyone find happiness
In a dream that’s made to be one size fits all
What she pulled from life
Are what mattered in the small affairs
Because the big comprises of small
Through the doubts if anyone even cares
The American Dream isn’t a sham
Because it is already in her capability
It is just disguised as larger than life
To protect the privileged person’s fragility
A is…
- 41 Years-Old
- Female, Cisgender
- White
- Roman Catholic
- Upper Middle Class
- Heterosexual
