Language of Enchantment - THE EAGLE HAS TO PRAY

The Eagle Has To Pray

          A nation carried on the backs
          Of  brave warriors laid to rest
          Needs to kneel in memoriam
          In honor of their country's best.

           Many soldiers would be shocked
          To see things they fought for stray
          So far from God and Country
          That the Eagle has to pray.

          If the flag still stands for freedom,
          Then why must it be a shame
          To show it off on a lapel pin
          Or to hang it in a frame?

          Every flagpole in America
          Should be flying colors proud.
          She's a symbol of the USA...
          She should stand out in a crowd!

          She went before George Washington
          All the way to Viet Nam.
          She flew in fervor in Iraq...
           So ardent in Afghanistan.

          Once being an American
          Meant belonging to a nation
          Whose money read "In God We Trust"
          And really meant that declaration.

           Being politically incorrect
          Doesn't carry too much weight...
          But can the scales be balanced
          In total fairness here of late?

          Patriotic people like myself
          Never thought we'd see the day

When we'd slip so far away from God

           That the Eagle has to pray!


          Doris Jacobs-Covington
          May 2012

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THE EAGLE HAS TO PRAY