[Thespiritexpress] 4th of July Poem

[rnadeau]

Hi James ~~~~~ I very much appreciated your writing ~~~ clean and fluid honest reflections and commentary~!! 

Pls. keep it going ~~~~ Love On~~Ron🙏

> On 6 Jul 2025, at 9:00 a.m., James Humecky via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
> 
> Fantastic - Thank you for sharing. 
> I'll share my new substack - https://substack.com/@somaticpleasurecoaching/note/p-167612036?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=ql0us
> Happy Independence Day - everyday!
> 
> In Peace and Pleasure,
> James
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> On Sat, Jul 5, 2025 at 12:24 PM Susan via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org <mailto:thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org>> wrote:
>> Thanks Ron…Exactly!
>> Susan
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Jul 5, 2025, at 9:57 AM, Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org <mailto: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 <mailto: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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