I don’t pledge allegiance to the flag
it is a piece of fabric
after all.

I pledge allegiance
(I stand behind, I agree with, I commit myself to)
the idea that the flag
represents
that we are a nation
united.
(One, whole, complete)
Stronger together.
United in our belief
that all people
are created equal
(all people, all races, all creeds, all abilities)
and they are endowed
(gifted, granted, made)
by their Creator
(the One who made them)
with rights that cannot be removed
from them,
rights so essential to their being
that they, that we,
aren’t people without them.

So I don’t pledge allegiance to the flag.
I pledge allegiance to us,
united,
and whole.