The flag represented
What we should say.
Who knew the flag
Would somehow betray?

This barrier chosen
Has taken a heart,
Once ever beating,
And torn it apart.

But who could have known
The flag’s fair intent
Could strike down a sister
The Father had sent?

If there were exceptions,
Then she should have been.
But flags don’t distinguish
From sainthood or sin.

With tears I am certain
No sentence could fit
The curse of this flag
Indiscriminate.

The flag never wavers.
The law never lies.
In anguish we watch
As our family dies.