The Flag Of The United States Poem by Randy McClave

Proudly, I display and salute the flag of the United States
Where freedom reigns and justice dictates!
A flag that was not created for hate or race or bigotry
But, a flag that was born to the proud, and the true and the free,
Wherever it stands and wherever it might fly
A patriot of freedom! And, not of color for its belief did fight and die,
To us she is also known as the old red while and blue
In this country, of ours, of the black, the red, the white, the yellow, the true,
Always I will stand proudly to display and salute our flag
And I say that with pride and fact, and not with a single brag,
Whenever I see her flying, like a father I smile as I am proud
And always will I salute her, when she is carried and marched in a crowd,
No other flag with honor, could I ever give my respect and pride
For which the brave had fought for and for which the proud had died,
With dignity and honor I could never salute or display the stars and bars
A flag which stood for slavery and hate, which was created by rebels and czars,
A flag must stand for one and all! And, not just for the selected few
Freedom, justice and equality is what our flag does prove,
So here I stand as I salute the flag of these United States
Where the eagle flies high, and justice and truth opens freedom's gates.

Randy L. McClave