Dreams Turned Into Nightmares

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.