Ken Krogue

The Flag

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What is this?

I asked but no one heard.

So familiar to my heart;

this piece of cloth abandoned

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The corner hid its glory

in dust and spider webs

Blood once shed to color red

lies swirling in a puddle

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White, denoting honor

is stained a yellow hue

While stars once bright and proud and free

are faded into blue

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I would have picked it up

but somehow understood

The only way to pick it up

is turn our hearts to good

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Ken Krogue