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.
...
The new dawn blooms as we free it,
For there is always light,
If only we are brave enough to see it,
If only we're brave enough to be it.
— Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb, 2021 Presidential Inauguration