We’ve seen a force that would shatter our

     nation rather than share it,

Would destroy our country if it meant

     delaying democracy.

And this effort very nearly succeeded.

But while democracy can be periodically

     delayed,

It can never be permanently defeated.

In this truth, in this faith, we trust.

For while we have our eyes on the future,

History has its eyes on us.

– Amanda Gorman, The Hill We ClImb

An Inaugural Poem For the Country