[Thespiritexpress] 4th of July Poem

[Joyce Pfaffle]

Sharing. Thanks so much.

*JOYCE (JOYSEE) PFAFFLE*



On Sat, Jul 5, 2025, 9:57 AM Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <
thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:

> Yes! Yes! Yes!
> Thank you so much.
> R
>
> On Jul 5, 2025, at 07:57, Ron Nadeau via Thespiritexpress <
> thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
>
> Enjoy this Weekend
> ~We live in a beautiful part of the world ~ a lot of Blessings being
> counted...
> w/Love
>
>
> ~This poem came through on my morning feed:
>
>
> *Pledge *
>
> Today is Independence Day.
> Tomorrow will also be Independence Day.
> I wave the banner of the present moment.
> I pledge allegiance to no flag, no nation.
> I pledge allegiance to no tribe or party.
> I pledge allegiance to no bombs bursting in air.
> I pledge allegiance to silence and a day of prayer.
> Patriotism is rebellion.
> Rebellion is joy.
> Cast down the mighty, the masters of war.
> I pledge allegiance to the poor.
> I pledge allegiance to the boy I used to be.
> The girl you were, the boy in the girl and the girl in the
> boy before wholeness was shattered by
> our education.
> I pledge allegiance to hemp and sod.
> I pledge allegiance to the unnamed God,
> to the moon and the tide, to sun and
> wind and what I cannot know,
> to a light that contains all colors, to the rainbow.
> I pledge allegiance to no belief
> but an heirloom tomato seed,
> a living coral reef,
> the wisdom in a weed.
> when the fireworks last too long after
> midnight and sulfur lingers in the air.
> I pledge allegiance to the huddled deer,
> the stray dog in the street,
> the shivering sparrow in a bush,
> the veteran cringing in the heat of his
> most ancient fear.
> I don't need more bombs.
> I need to hear the gentle bursting of
> peonies in my garden.
> To notice the sun set here as it rises over Gaza.
> To greet who ever I see with a breath of peace.
> They don't even need to know,
> something in my chest will melt away the
> borders of every nation.
> Now take off your shoes.
> Go slow.
> Don't burn the flag.
> Unravel its thread.
> We hunger for a common bread.
> With all my relations gathered at birth,
> I pledge allegiance to the earth,
> the infant curled in mother's sea of
> trust.
> I pledge allegiance to the dust.
> To all winged and swimming things, to creatures
> that crawl or come out at night.
> Brothers, sisters, four-legged and two,
> I pledge allegiance
> to you.
> I pledge allegiance
> to you.
>
> - Alfred Lamotte
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