Inauguration

a glorious time of transition
a new master of American ideals
and the passing of a painful past.
the launch of a rocket of hope,
its trail inscribed for all time
on the history of our nation.
let there be a healing of wounds,
let there be a new and
all American revolution
of conscience, of renewal,
let there be a new and
wholesome peace,
a united country behind
a new leader of hope,
the beginning of a new golden age
for the world.
Let it be so, for if not,
the end of our ancient honor is nigh.