American Dream

AP

It's just that..

This is the real ["American Dream"]

Floating down the highway with the windows down

Music ringing in your soul 

Wind whipping past your face

Trees flinging by

It's not a race, man

We were already here all along

You make your own dream

You find your own pleasures

Nobody or nothing can do it for you

This might not be the part of the dream you are after

But it can be, and is, the opening scene

Just ride the wave as far as it takes you

And swim the rest out like a champ

Take the wind home with you but keep it outside

We're living the dream

We just didn't know it yet

With your face to the road and your foot on the pedal

Drive as fast as you can

Let the wind whip through the cab

Let the moon shine down onto your jeans

Pull over on the side of the road

Get out and just see it

It's everything around us

The sky and the trees and the grass 

The lights and the sounds and the smells

When you get back in and get back down on the gas

The road will take you on

It will take you wherever you tell it to go

Just know this

You may already lie where you're trying to be

Don't let it slip away....

Author's Note

JMG, 2013

Reviews

[Maria]

Truly an inspirational piece. Beautifully written. The American Dream is something many in other countries, hear about, and want to have. Sadly, they have the misfortune of either living under dictatorship and or living in a place, where you only earn, 100 dollars the most if not less than that amount. So hearing of the American dream, they believe that the only way they will be able to live in that dream is to migrate to the land of opportunities. I truly was blessed to grow up in Virginia, and I know it. Thank you for writing on this. Great work

[Cerebriation]

Thank you so much for such a thorough review! Please don't hesitate to dig into my catalogue. I am certain you will not be disappointed!

[rach]

I love this, 'the opening scene'. Beautiful.