I saw a man fly today
As he latched onto a last hope
A one way ticket to a land unknown
Didn’t care if he lost it all
I saw a man fly today
Thinking he was freedom bound
But he lost his grip and was earthbound
Strangers wept from the ground
I saw a man fly today
To our capital to give a speech
About a city that had been breached
By radicals who know no peace
I saw a man fly today
On a plane, vacation bound
And while his plane safely touches down
Millions of innocents cries resound
Aug 17, 2021
Aug 17, 2021 at 8:21 PM UTC
I saw a man fly today
As he latched onto a last hope
A one way ticket to a land unknown
Didn’t care if he lost it all
I saw a man fly today
Thinking he was freedom bound
But he lost his grip and was earthbound
Strangers wept from the ground
I saw a man fly today
To our capital to give a speech
About a city that had been breached
By radicals who know no peace
I saw a man fly today
On a plane, vacation bound
And while his plane safely touches down
Millions of innocents cries resound
For those in Afghanistan whose lives have been disregarded and tossed aside like a used toy by an absolutely inept American government that doesn’t care about them.
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