Presentation:
The American Dream was created to propose freedom success and wealth to those that work hard. We have all had a dream in life but our dream can turn into our worst nightmare. Dr. King had a dream of equality amongst all races and that dream came true for him yet came back to bite when he was shot and killed. So the question is are dreams could for our mind or do they control us in a way to where we can’t escape because we are to deep making this dream dangerous to our kind mentally, physically, and spiritually. I write a poem to relate to our time and The Great Gatsby.
Dreams are dangerous illusions.
They bring hope to what we want
They occur in the most random times.
And in reality, they’re termed Great
Dreams don’t fade easily,
They make us feel safe and useful
It’s the perfect temperature for the mind,
And the sweet feeling of praise
Dreams give us a reason to live
Gives reason to soar into the sky
Like a baby bird finally learning to fly.
It’s a great escape from the chase of reaper
Dreams are subtle and gentle in their care
They are unique and specific to every person
They can provide a reason to chase love
Or to chase a new identity
Dreams can propose change in life
They can show addicts the way to the light,
Carry the addict to the new clean world
Provide guidance for a new vision for oneself
Dreams brought us to the green breast of the Neworld.
Sailing new people to new land for new opportunities.
It created brilliant kingdoms and unbreakable societies
So, is being a dreamer great?
Take time and recall your textbooks that were created off a dream
Dreams have brought nightmares to the world
It has brought war and created terrifying egos
That terrorizes the hope of the innocent dreamers
Remember dreams are dangerous illusions
Dreams have created fear in the media,
Insecurity among many generations
But society shall tell us still to dream on.
We are all dreamers in our own world.
However, dreamers have crossed other people’s dreams,
And created division among color,
It leaves some dreamers with the ideal that dreams can’t come true
So, is a dream innocent anymore?
Do you think that the great dictators of the world weren’t dreamers?
As history shows, their dream became the world’s nightmare,
So, we call them deviants of the world
If a man dreamed of being with a woman he loved before,
Who has given up her ring finger to another man.
Would he be a dreamer or a homewrecker?
Shouldn’t that man be described as a nightmare to a marriage?
However, it is the brain’s desire to conform to what it is being told.
We listen to the bias and run like the wind.
Without seeing the whole story,
We let a dreamer determine that another dreamer’s dream was nothing but an innocent dream.