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Field of Flags

Ó 2007 L. Crosby

Field of flags before our eyes

Waving like a last goodbye

A mother’s tears, a father’s cries

A field of flags

Each flag speaks of one who lived

One with so much more to give

So much promise yet to come

Someone’s daughter, someone’s son

Field of flags before our eyes

Waving like a last goodbye

A spouse’s tears, a child’s cries

A field of flags

War takes the young but touches all

The world weeps when a soldier falls

But shame must tinge our heartfelt grief

Till humankind can live in peace

Field of flags before our eyes

Waving like a last goodbye

A sibling’s tears, a best friend’s cries

A field of flags

Each flag for one who went to war

Like others who have gone before

Like others who did not returned

To families who’ll forever yearn

Field of flags before our eyes

Waving like a last goodbye

An uncle’s, aunt’s, and a cousin’s cries

A field of flags

Here together now are we

Honoring their memory

Let’s swear that we will not forget

We are forever in their debt

Field of flags before our eyes

Waving like a last goodbye

A lover’s tears, a neighbor’s cries

A field of flags

A family’s tears, a nation’s cries

A field of flags

A field of lives