Fly the flag,
If you will,
Raise it gently,
But not too high –
Not yet.
Fly the flag,
If you will,
With respect,
Not anger;
Fly it low;
Let the winds
Carry the message.
For there is,
At least a tiny fragment
Of each of us –
A today, a
Yesterday, a tomorrow –
In those three colours
(Or else, in truth, why
Are we in this special place?)
Fly the flag,
If you will,
Without fear,
With no provocation;
In memory of events,
Moreso especially of
Innocents
Who suffered,
Those who are
Suffering still.
Fly the flag if you will:
Know that you fly it for me,
For yourself and
For the futures
Being reckoned.
Even now.