Dear Glory
In America, today has been declared ' Flag Day'.
I join in this declaration to honor and salute you.
Some in my generation have at times burned you.
I am deeply grieved by such displays of disrespect.
Old Glory, please be informed that on this day, June 14,
2025, there are several flags placed on my property.
Certainly, in America as in every country, there are
people of many stripes. Indeed, there are the good,
the bad, and the ugly. In my mind, you represent
a nation of 'good people'. I will not allow the negatives
to blind me of the myride of positivities in America.
Old Glory, when I pause and gaze upon you, I do not
see red states and blue states. Although my eyes
are often clouded by storms of divisiveness, I still
see within the eye of our storms "One Nation, Under
God, Indivisible, With Liberty And Justice For All".
So Glory, again I honor and salute you for all the
good that you represent. Blessings continually.
Sincerely, Sitruc.
It’s Flag Day, so Justice Alito,
Your flag pole can’t be incognito,
So try to be true
To the red, white and blue;
Keep it upright, or you’ll feel the heat-o.
If your wife sets that banner to flying,
There really can be no denying
That its upside-down stance
Means there isn’t a chance
That your ignorance claim isn’t lying.
For a judge who presides on the court
Should be able, with ease, to abort
Plans that fly in the face
Of decorum, in place
So his rulings won’t somehow fall short.
A coward goes by
many names – a brave
man often has none;
an Unknown
with a cross…
body parts on a
battlefield –
there is no sin
we do not share,
nor victory
the blessed soul of man
does not have a right
to jointly sing;
far more to measure
than any single journey:
no life worth honoring
that does not recognize
and humbly pay tribute
to the many brave men
and women who died
for our flag, representing
Freedom for All
for which we should proudly
stand, hand over one's heart
Pledging Allegiance.
*Happy Flag Day
Today is Flag Day with protestors here
I will not take down my Flag or cower in fear
I will not apologize for being white
Or an American Patriot, with my flag in sight
I will not kneel to you, or submit
No matter the threats in your violent fit
I will not apologize for something "I" didn't do
But, I will stand for my country, unlike you
Heidi Sands
6/14/20
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