Author Unknown
JUST A PIECE OF CLOTH
That is all it is…
it stirs and comes to life
and flutters and snaps
in the wind.
All Red and White and
Blue… and then you
realize that no other
piece of cloth could
be like it.
It has your whole life
wrapped up in it…
the meals you eat,
the time you spend
with your family, the
kinds of things your
boy and girl learns
at school, the strange
and wonderful thoughts
you get in church
on Sunday.
Those Stars in it,
they make you feel
just as free as the Stars
in the wide deep night.
And those stripes, they are
bars of blood to any dictator
who would try to change
this way of life.
Just a piece of cloth…
that is all.
Until you put your
soul into it and give
it meaning.
It is a symbol of liberty and
decency and fair dealings
for all.
It is just a piece of cloth
until you breathe life into…
Until you make it stand for
everything you believe in
and refuse to live without.
Author Unknown