I pledge my allegiance to this flag, to the Democratic Republic the flag stands for. One nation, undividable, with equal freedom and justice for all people.
Are we pledging allegiance today to the country for which this pledge was written? Are we honoring and protecting its democracy? Are we one nation? Do we even want to be? Surely, we can no longer call ourselves indivisible, for we have indisputably allowed ourselves to be deeply divided, brother hating brother, because of made up labels we accept without questioning. And much deeper, our fight is between "liberty and justice for all" (all races, genders, political affiliations, orientations, heritages, religions, languages, economic and social status) or liberty and power (not justice) for one.
I wonder too, my friends, is it blasphemous to call ourselves a "nation under God" if we are fighting against all the "better angels" God instilled in us, and against the very words of the pledge we so love to recite. And dare we cry out "God, bless America" as we stand with a rock in our hand and hatred against our neighbor?
On this day that honors our beloved flag, I pledge allegiance to the country that lives in the pledge. May we join forces and stand together for its breath. Undividable. Before we no longer can.
2 comments:
You've rewritten the pledge to fit your narrative. We pledge allegiance to the United States of America, our country should be indivisible, however there are certain groups of people who want to protest, loot,destroy property, and spit on the people who think differently than themselves. We have to ask ourselves one question..Am I part of the problem?
America is a Constitutional Repulic,not a Democracy.
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