President Elect Biden: Election 2020

 

So Biden/Harris are our president elect, and VP elect respectfully. This is an election cycle I started following what feels like lifetimes ago and which in reality is over a year and a half ago. I started before the first democratic debate. I have followed candidates who ran and then stepped aside. I have learned more about the political process than ever before. I have donated, and been on uncountable supporter calls for a wide range of candidates and groups and communities. I have read books and listened to podcasts and had numerous discussions with friends and roommates. 

This was an important election for me because I knew that my rights as a women (and all those who are women identified) and my rights as a member of the LGBTQ+ family were up for debate. I knew that the physical safety of my black and other BIPOC community members was up for debate. Now these debates are not going to disappear but I still feel more whole, more like I belong when the person who is going to be president understands my humanity and the humanity of those I care about.

This election cycle has seemed to go one forever and this election week felt that way too. Counting and Counting and Counting some more. But as of this morning this part of the journey (and it is a journey that will continue and will never end) is over and we can move forward to the next part.

Next Steps As We Are Moving Forward:

Working on the runoffs in Georgia so the Democrats could tie in the senate.

Paying attention to the transition and finding ways to support Biden

Facing Covid heads on and finding a national policy that works

A poem on hearing the news:

11/7/20

Today the election has been called

Today our Biden and our Harris won

Today the first rays of light and hope

Have appeared after four long years 

A long winter of hate, hurt and pain 

A long winter of dehumanization 

A long winter of fear, and terror

We breathe in this moment’s celebration

Tomorrow we stand tall in Love

Tomorrow we stand tall in Boldness

Tomorrow we stand tall in Belonging

Thank you God for this moment

A poem covering this moment:

11/7/20 d 

A-Z This is an moment

A moment that has been

A long long time coming

A moment where we can

Breath in and out again

A moment where we feel

Cautiously optimistic

A moment where we are

Determined to keep going 

A moment where we find

Excellence and Joy

A moment where we hope

Freedom rings from sea to sea

A moment where we see

Greatness’s possibility

A moment where the

High ground is taken

A moment that is 

Indescribable, Inscrutable

A moment filled with

Justice, Justice, Justice

A moment filled with

Kindness, Kindness, Kindness

A moment we are reminded we are

Loved, Beloved, Belong

A moment that will go down as

Momentous and historical 

A moment where we will be called to

Niceness, and concern

A moment where we will once again

Open ourselves to the world

A moment when we see

Popular matches the electoral

A moment which will 

Quickly turn into a turning point

A moment where we honor

Responsibility, and the Rules of the Road

A moment where we shall feel that

Sea to sea, Stars to Stars, We are one country

A moment where we can 

Trust what is spoken by government

A moment where we find that which is

Universal across this nation

A moment which feels 

Very Very Important

A moment that may go down as a

Watershed moment for our nation

A moment where music rings out

Xylophones and Voices and feet dancing

A moment where we can see

Y we are where we are right now

A moment which is not a moment to

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A-Z This is an moment

Poems celebrating Biden/Harris

11/7/20 b 

Bringing forth hope

Incredibly Kind

Defender of our humanity

Ender of this moment of darkness

Needed and answered the call

11/7/20 c

Historical

Already has broken glass ceilings

Ready to fight for us all

Ready to lead a way forward

Is going to change the world

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

A poem as we move forward:

11/7/20 e

A day where this long long road 

Filled with the rules of the road

Respect, Belonging, Truth

Teamwork, Boldness

Responsibility, Substance

Discipline, Excellence, Joy

Take a turn towards the better

And starts to move on to the

Next Adventure and the Next