"WE"
A veteran stood alone today,
Just staring, at the Capitol steps.
Wondering, how long it would take,
For the leaders to pay their respect.
For decades heroes have been forgotten,
except when all felt shame.
Of the vets that died from yester-year,
The one's who had no names.
Inside the great Capitol,
This veteran noted to himself,
Are politicians who like to wave
the flag,
But look the other way, when asked
to help...
They know not what they do,
For they are politicians, and do
it for greed.
The veteran does their part,
Because of this country's needs.
The veteran, alone, stood and stared,
Then started to approach the marble
steps,
"If it's flag waving and honor
they want,
Then surely, surely, they want
a vet!"
As the Capitol neared,
And the vet approached the first
steps,
The flag atop the building suddenly
snapped and waved.
And greeted the lonely vet.
It waved from high atop the Nation's
Capitol.
Far removed from the politicians'
embrace.
It saluted Arlington Cemetery,
And all the great, great heroes
in that place.
The flag will never be,
For those who think of only "me."
The veteran is a veteran,
Because, they always think of "We."
