![]() ![]() ![]() Scripture tells us to envision that everyone shall sit under their own vine and fig tree and no one shall make them afraid. Not because we will never again know defeat, but because we will never again sow division. That we’ll forever be tied together, victorious. Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true: We seek harm to none and harmony for all. We lay down our arms so we can reach out our arms to one another. We close the divide because we know, to put our future first, we must first put our differences aside. To compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters, and conditions of man.Īnd so we lift our gazes not to what stands between us, but what stands before us. We are striving to forge our union with purpose. ![]() We, the successors of a country and a time where a skinny Black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother can dream of becoming president, only to find herself reciting for one.Īnd yes, we are far from polished, far from pristine,īut that doesn’t mean we are striving to form a union that is perfect. ![]() Somehow we’ve weathered and witnessed a nation that isn’t broken, We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace,Īnd the norms and notions of what “just” is isn’t always justice.Īnd yet, the dawn is ours before we knew it. W hen day comes, we ask ourselves where can we find light in this never-ending shade? history: on January 20th, 2021, 22-year-old Gorman delivered her original poem, The Hill We Climb, during President Joe Biden's and VP Kamala Harris' inauguration. She is the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. "There is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it.Īmanda Gorman is an American poet, award-winning writer and cum laude graduate of Harvard University. View more quotes that will make you a better leader. ![]()
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