Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
LogoSophia Magazine – A Pilgrim's Journal of Life, Literature and Love
A Complicated Affair of the Heart
“‘My country, right or wrong,’ is a thing that no patriot would think of saying.
It is like saying, ‘My mother, drunk or sober.'”
-G. K. Chesterton, The Defendant, 1901
At midday I finally posted the flag
After many hours of reflection and guilt
The bloody tyrant will think it is there for him -
But he cannot command our faithful hearts
His soldiers occupy our capital’s streets
Arresting citizens for crimes that never were
He wars against the nations while our Congress cowers -
But he cannot command our faithful hearts
That is not his flag over our still-standing ramparts -
For he cannot command our faithful hearts
4 July 2026
