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#5... The Olde Patriot ~
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The Olde Patriot~
He rested where the porch remembered every step, long after the marching was gone.
Evening settled around him, quiet as memory.
The flag lay across his knees ~ not a symbol, but an old companion.
He had carried it once when the country was young and hope was held more by faith than promise.
Now he listened not for drums, but for children laughing down the road ~ the sound he had hoped his years would buy.
As two hundred and fifty years draws near, he understands victory at last:
not glory, but the simple right to sit in peace
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He folded the flag gently and whispered into the dusk,
"We were only keeping it safe... for you .
© Sue Corlett. All rights reserved.
A Sue Corlett Original Print
10 x 12
Painted Wood Frame
