Writing
My Thoughts on 1/6/21
by Cantor Sally L. Neff | Feb 12, 2021 | Creative Writing
I’ll take that flag back now
You cannot claim it anymore.
Don’t wear it on your hats, your t-shirts, your bandanas.
Don’t hang it from your car
Or in front of your home.
You have forgotten what it stands for
And your waving of it is a lie.
That flag should be freedom and democracy.
That flag should be elections won and elections conceded,
Fair say and human rights
Fighting against those who put children in cages – not sending them there ourselves.
That flag is not stop the count.
But rather – we all count.
That flag’s pole doesn’t shatter the windows of our capitol,
but shatters the tatters of oppressions once overcome
and again and again won.
We will take up its tatters now
With needles and thread and tape and glue
With angry hearts and hurt souls
And love of country – for what it could and should be
For what it will be someday…
We will weave it back together
One colorful thread at a time.
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