![]() ![]() 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. We are striving to forge a union with purpose, 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. ![]() And yes, we are far from polished far from pristine, but that doesn't mean we are striving to form a union that is perfect. 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. Somehow, we've weathered and witnessed a nation that isn't broken but simply unfinished. ![]() And yet the dawn is hours before we knew it. We've learned that quiet isn't always peace, and the norms and notions of what just is isn't always justice. Here is part of that reading.ĪMANDA GORMAN: (Reading) When day comes, we ask ourselves, where can we find light in this never-ending shade? The loss we carry a sea we must wade. Gorman recited her poem "The Hill We Climb" on the steps of the U.S. And we close tonight with the words of Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. ![]()
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