[ Taken from Haisadiam’s first flag poem for the American people, written in

November, 1979--during the first and most distressed days of the Teheran

hostages crisis: ]

 

 

Epilogue:

 

Out of hearty concern about the situation and feelings of the

West-Berliners in one of their hardest times, and as a tribute to their

courage and will to remain as free people, President John F. Kennedy

of the United States of America told the people of West Berlin during

his state trip to that besieged and blockaded city:  “I am a Berliner.”

In a similar sense, and also out of hearty concern, a person who has

been taking a journey of life in the Far East says, by presenting the

poem “The Flag Is Still There, Wavering”, to the American people:

“I am an American.”

And I hope that,  next time at a great international meeting such

as the Olympic Games, when hundred millions of peoples around the

world merrily observe national flags flounce and rattle in the air,

occasionally it might make them reflect that we are many kinds but

one species—we are a family in the house of God.

 

 

[ To take a look at the flag poem mentioned above, please click at

“An American--A poem showing concern” ]