Stirring maple, proud symbol. <br />Red and white flag caressing the wind. <br /> <br />We live in multi-cultured awareness. <br />Voices of many languages <br />drifting like falling snow <br />over the land. <br /> <br />A falling waterfall in a distant <br /> wooded park. <br />It makes noise. <br />It is not heard by anyone. <br /> <br />But it falls, and falls into <br />the river that flows <br />into the lakes. <br />Silent noisy witness <br />to the vastness. <br />Emptiness. <br /> <br />Blank spaces waiting to be filled. <br />Visions of future progress. <br /> of future world. <br /> <br />Maple leaf growing. <br />Slowing the pace of tomorrow <br />with the vision of the past. <br /> <br />You and I, celebrating <br />the royal parade of history. <br />Dawning greatness. <br />Dampening waves of words <br />that flutter like paper <br />on the ground. <br /> <br />Fly, maple leaf flag, fly. <br />Represent the emptiness <br /> and the fullness <br /> of the land. <br /> <br /> <br />Remember the eternal flame <br /> of clacking trains that <br /> rush from sea to sea.<br /><br />Chris G. Vaillancourt<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/maple-leaf-4/
