Where Two Flags Stand Together

by

Hardy Parkerson

That old American flag stands over in the corner
Of the pretty little church near downtown.
It stands with the Christian flag for duty and honor,
And may neither of them ever come down!

On top of one is perched an eagle,
And a cross crowns the other;
They stand together where it's legal,
In the sanctuary, Brother.

And we've come to discover
That one without the other
Is a weak and helpless symbol
Of the thing that it resembles.

But if they stand together,
Any storm the two can weather.
The one holds up the other
And they protect both child and mother.

But the government has not discovered
That the one must have the other;
And the government rests on the eagle
And on things it thinks are legal.

But only in the church
Where the Supreme Court cannot reach,
The old Christian Flag is yet unfurled;
And would the government discover
That the one needs the other,
We'd all be living in a better country

and world.

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