Daniel Broder

Dump For Broken Dreams

Daniel Broder


if we're told we're an asset 
why are we treated like a problem 
and if you break our dreams 
do our hearts not go to sleep 

like a dump for broken dreams 
is how this country seems 
splinters of dreams 
so it feels 

if we're always discouraged 
if time for us can't be afforded 
if an open heart gets crushed down 
what then is awarded 

in this world inside a jar 
our jobs are all we are 
you are like a ghost 
if you have none 

when they say we have no use 
they must be deaf and blind 
why should we take abuse 
I pay no mind 

if everything's perfunctory 
only made half-heartedly 
if all is done by default 
what is done from the heart 

like a dump for broken dreams 
is how this country seems 
splinters of dreams 
so it feels 

how come no one sees 
we're just categories 
we live and die 
by rank