Canada

We Are More by Shane Koyczan PART 3 we are the colours of Chinatown and the coffee of Little Italy we dream so big that there are those who would call our ambition an industry because we are more than sticky maple syrup and clean snow we do more than grow wheat and brew beer we are vineyards of good year after good year we reforest what we clear because we believe in generations beyond our own knowing now that so many of us have grown past what used to be we can stand here today filled with all the hope people have when they say things like "someday" someday we'll be great someday we'll be this or that someday we'll be at a point when someday was yesterday and all of our aspirations will pay the way for those who on that day look towards tomorrow and still they say someday we will reach the goals we set and we will get interest on our inspiration because we are more than a nation of whale watchers and lumberjacks more than backpacks and hiking trails we are hammers and nails building bridges towards those who are willing to walk across we are the lost-and-found for all those who might find themselves at a loss we are not the see-through gloss or glamour of those who clamour for the failings of others we are fathers brothers sisters and mothers uncles and nephews aunts and nieces we are cousins we are found missing puzzle pieces we are families with room at the table for newcomers