Authorization

Screens glow in the midnight hall Margins narrow, voices low Every district called by name Every number slow to show Breath is held in quiet rows Hands still resting at our sides What began in open air Now waits for how the ledger writes Signal flickers, figures climb Lines redraw in steady light What we carried through the field Gathers weight in counting time Change has been entrusted Power realigned The weight redistributed Now rests within these lines Mandate set in motion Authority defined What rose beyond these walls Now stands in record signed We spoke of turning weight aside Of shifting what would not give way We said the balance could be moved If enough would stand and say Now the choice has taken form In ink and seal and stated claim The will that gathered in the night Returns beneath my name From lifted signs to written page From hopeful spark to measured ground The current we released outside Now moves with sanctioned sound Change has been entrusted Power realigned The weight redistributed Now rests within these lines Mandate set in motion Clear and codified We move from voice to instrument With nothing left to hide The ballot closed The count declared The margin fixed in place What once was call and answer Now carries seal and face The force that crossed the open land Returns in ordered claim The weight entrusted by the vote Now answers to my name Change has been entrusted The framework now aligned The weight redistributed Now rests within these lines Tomorrow in those ancient halls The promise meets its test What moved across the open land Will speak where history rests