We Watched You, Proud

Of your wide smile gleaming,

Of your words (broad and promising),

And of the children at your side--

Daughters of tomorrow.

We listened to you, remembering

Past days when ropes, bullets, garbage trucks

Crushed us and we were left voiceless.

Thank you; you have not left us hanging,

And you have not buried us.

We watch you proud, but realize too

That we chose our own future

That we shaped a present (whatever will be written of it in history books)

That we conquered the past,

By casting our singular votes.