The Question

So what do you want to be You want to represent your own culture Give me a break Your culture has a patent For “Those who are not a failure to their parents” “Those who choose a respectable job” “Those who don’t wait” “Those who are warriors” That is YOUR culture, and no offense but you did not fit the criteria But then I think How am I the failure if they chose to have me How is my following my passions as work not respectable How do I not wait, when all I have done in a country is carry the weight How am I not a warrior when I have been at war with myself almost every day Yet that is still not the question The only question is why don't I believe it Why don’t I believe this when the truth is glaring at me Is it because I am weak or meek or scared to dream Or did they do me in good was this all a part of their plan So I never succeed Or is this just the very heavy price of the American dream.