The American Nightmare

We Americans since we were children
Were told of a place on earth; a miniature heaven
Called the American Dream.
If we work hard and follow the footsteps of education
The pursuit of happiness is no pursuit
Happiness is guaranteed.

And so we worked diligently
Hoping for a life of elegant luxury
And as more citizens put faith in this dream
Obtain the certification of happiness, the degree
More Americans fell into the constraints of debt
As a term was coined
"Education Inflation."

As more people cling to this perception of this dream
As more people work the steps taught of the days of old
More resources must be invested, just to land that opportunity
That was told.
Men and women with PhD's
Contributing new knowledge across various societies
Put their paper to their debt
And the Big Banks, they kept
Establishing ever more power
That can never be satisfied.

As there are men and women lavishing in the seas
There are people trying to make ends meet.
And as opposed to drinking crispy champagne on a white beach
Americans remain dying in the streets.
The reality is
There are men and women that obtain education and do succeed
However,
There are men and women that obtain education and recede into poverty.
And the point is, that arguably there is no American Dream that we
Once perceived.

I propose, that life consists of two possible eternities
Regardless of the work involved, I say and dare
There exists the American Dream, and
The American Nightmare.