Flagging Concerns (poem)

So what colours do we have in the flags of Lebanon, Mali, Nigeria, Iraq, Somalia and Syria?
Is it okay to count the dead over a week rather than a day?

Is revenge equal or superior to what it stemmed from?
Does silence count as voice?
Do we know how minds are shaped and hearts scraped?
At what point does Sunday end?
Are rainbows just beautiful scars left in a wrestling bout between the shower and the sun?

(c) N. Madhavan, 2015