in remembrance

a length of cloth

a whispering zephyr

together, the music of a country

ideals, hope, patriotism

of the people, for the people

 

a length of cloth

a stirring west wind

at odds with one another

love and hate, peace and war

our story

a length of cloth

a gale force wind

an echo of orders given

missions launched

boots marching left, right, left

 

a length of cloth

a dark tempest

through the perilous night

of wars and battles

chaos and bloodshed

 

a length of cloth

still winds

o’er the land of the free

and the home of the brave

silence.

 

heads bowed

in remembrance

*from the files of very bad poetry by bia