North American Dream

Midnight in New Jersey streetlights on wet grass

A bus pulls in quiet carrying ghosts of the past

One last walk through the tunnel boots scuffed with pride

He waves to the banners then steps to the side

Young eyes wide open hands trembling just right

They chant every nation now fused into one light

From Tijuana dust to Toronto snow

Forty-eight became one and the whole world said"go"

The clock held its breath

Then roared like the sea

This is the North American Dream

Where strangers became family

Stadiums turned to cathedrals

And glory wore every name

This is the dream we believed

Now written in fire and rain

No crown too heavy to carry

No moment too vast to claim

His jersey hangs empty but echoes still sing

Of bicycle kicks at dawn and impossible things

She ties her laces slow feels history rise

Not just to win it but lift it for skies

The net barely moved

But hearts broke wide free

This is the North American Dream

Where borders gave way to belief

Cities stitched into one heartbeat

From ocean to desert to pine

This is the dream we all saw

Now blazing in gold and time

No throne built on silence

But voices that rose as one sign

He wipes his face quick turns toward the gate

Hears his own name chanted by someone too young to relate

But love doesn’t age when it’s given this true

So he bows to the pitch lets the future shine through

This was the North American Dream

Not just a trophy or stream

But hands reaching over the fences

To hold what we thought couldn’t be

This is the dream we still are

Long after the final flare

For every kid kicking a bottle

On streets that now whisper"you’re there"