the hill we created

In camera lights
words are spoken
to a nation

suggesting unity
telling us to 
focus what is before us
rather than what divides us

the hill we climb
is the hill we 
created
we  withstood
the belly of the beast
because we chose 
to enter it

We cannot however
choose  to
erase 
what became
Before us

History 
Good, bad,
Beautiful  and
The ugly,
are ours to own

Lest we
Forget

We must not 
Though
Own the sins
of our forefathers

It is not our shame

Just an example
Of what not to become

Today is 
A new Era

One in which
We can use
For our own
Selfish political
Advantage 
Or one in which
we
Seriously 
Consider
A genuine
bipartisan 
approach

No labeling
Belittling 
or
demonizing 

Riots 
Did not
Spark at 
The capital 
Because
Words were
Heard

Violence erupted
Because
Voices
Were silenced 

Libertarianism 
Is not extremism

Ironically 
It is the 
Extinguisher 
to big party
Control
And is only
a threat 
to those
who only
Seek
to eradicate
the character 
Ttto individualism