Dueling Dreams

The American Dream.
One man says, "It is dead."
Another says, "It is alive."

He who says, "It is dead,"
Sees what America has become,
The pursuit of possessions,
The pursuit of fame
The pursuit of power;
And this dream of the Nineteen Fifties
As both interlocutors have agreed,
Is the pursuit of wealth and prosperity unmeasured.

He who said it is alive, however,
Reads Jefferson's words
In the constitution.
"Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness."
That these rights are inalienable.
He is right that the ideal American Dream
Are these three ideals.
Yet, he dismisses what Jefferson said,
"The separate and equal station 
"To which the laws of nature, 
"And of nature's God entitle them."
Not understanding the Law built
Within our nature... to which I appeal to it
And he says, "That is an appeal to authority."
In that statement, it breaks the American Dream in two.
For, if there is no authority, but our own,
Then there can be no life, liberty or happiness.
For all men, equally pursuing their happiness
Would infringe upon others in their happiness.

Thus, the Pursuit of Happiness
Becomes materialism...
And our younger generations sacrifice liberty
For that goal, rather than the whole.
For they will sacrifice authority
On the alter of Logic and Reason.
Yet, there is nothing logical about rejecting
The authority of how human minds are bent
And the order created by Law for their own happiness.
For if there is no Law and Order,
And Laws are not written according to the Laws which the God of Nature has dictated,
Then there can truly be
No Happiness at all
For all men's pursuits would trample upon other men's rights.
And that is the station of our way today.