The Flag by Laura Russell (SP)

[Patriots]

The Flag

I pull the rope
The flag ripples
In the breeze
Waves of wind
Incessant

Up
Further up
There is no top
Hoisting higher
Endless

The only limit
Which can bar
The flag’s ascent
Is in
My heart.

By Laura Russell (SP)
10th Grade
Copyright 2008
Originally Listed May 28, 2008