After the election,
May we seek to practice
Civic Alchemy
May we turn:
Battle Ground
Into
Common Ground
Swing States
Into
United States
And turn:
The Hubris of Competing Certainties
Into
The Humility of Cooperating Countrywomen and Men.
After this election,
Let us be
Civic Alchemists
Let us turn:
An inability to hear one another
Into
A determination to listen
Without prejudice
Without fear
With a Courageous Empathy
After this election,
Let us engage in
Civic Alchemy
Let us work to turn:
The Lie of Separation
Into
The Truth of
Interconnection
Interdependence
Of One Nation, Indivisible.
After this election
Let Us Together Turn:
Entrenched Animosity
Into
Elevated Love
Clinched Fists
Into
Outstretched Hands
Red and Blue
Into
Us: beautiful, incredible, hopeful, helpful, united, Civic Alchemists.
Corey Booker
“A Desire for Civic Alchemy”
