Election Day

e pluribus unum

we are a nation fractured,
a chorus of discordant voices,
each note a discordant shriek
echoing through the pages
of our shared history.
the work,
it will always be ahead of us,
but we can choose to approach it
with hope,
with compassion,
with the belief that together,
we can forge a future
worthy of the sacrifices
of those who came before us. 

e pluribus unum