Steadfast

We had a chance, and we lost it. We had hope, and now those hopes are dashed. We had a vision of a better America, a fair America, but now that America is as lost as last nights dream.

We are a nation divided, a battleground both here and abroad. We are the unheard voices that cried for change, prayed for new guidance and woke to a morning that heralded defeat, stealing the victory we hoped to gain.

We are names that make up a nation, countless faces in a crowd. And we stood together daring to be counted, determined to plot a path for change, eager to see our much beloved country returned to her original state of glory, intent on taking back her integrity and her pride.

Wondering now as I do, what went wrong, and where, and why it is we’ve four more years of leadership by a man who has already proven that he cannot get the job done, dread pools in my stomach like lead crystals, sinking me to the depths of despair of what my country has done to itself.

And no country is a force unto itself. Something it seems Mr. Bush has forgotten, or at least chosen to ignore during his first term. And so I say to those Americans, feeling as I feel tonight, our quest is not over, but has only just begun. And let us not wallow in our own disappointment but continue to stand and be counted as voices that will not concede their right to be heard.

Mr. Kerry, the world is proud of your efforts.

And I for one still believe ...