The flag waves quietly and slowly <br />Together with the gentle breeze <br />And more than a hundred years of existence <br />Many things it was able to witness <br /> <br />It began with the solemn pre-invasion period <br />And shifted to fast verse of colonization <br />Again it slowed during the search for peace <br />And had modern music on the age where technology rules <br /> <br />The plume and paper of novels of Rizal <br />The bolo and swords of Bonifacio and Aguinaldo <br />And paper and pens of modern students <br />Served as accompaniment to the mysterious harmony<br /><br />james ivan almalvez<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/harmony-of-the-philippine-flag/