And A Flag Fluttered On The Mast

Where the mind is with fear

A mind devoid of courage 

Said the pens were bereft of ink

He wrote not what he saw everywhere 

And let his country rot and sink. 

He let them go after the little children

The women, the old and the poor

Breeding in fear as his mind was 

He sang praise songs to unjust power.

He let them recreate the horrid past

Didn't care how the future was cast 

Buildings came down first,

Lives were then lost thick and fast. 

They then stood at his door

Seeking to take him away at last

There was nothing left of his country

But a flag fluttered on the mast.