I Pledge For No Hate

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. 

And to the republic for which it stands.

One nation. 

Indivisible.

With liberty

And

Justice for all.

Funny how they say quote justice for all unquote 

But I say justice for privileged.

They see quote indivisible unquote 

But I see segregation 

They say we are quote with liberty unquote

But we continue to be enslaved under your pressure

Abolished in 1865 

But still kept invisible in 2019 

Covered in black, seen as the devil, worshiped as evil 

Dressed in silver, smell of rotten

But taste like hope 

Hand raised over our hearts as if we are accepted 

For your love, for your care, for your heart

Hand raised in the air as we are tried in your courts

Honest in our words but, unfairly justified in yours

Walking into your school with your stares

Because I wasn’t you.

Scared to use my liberty because they seem to take it only for theirs

Doesn’t seem we are quote one nation unquote 

Your children treating me as their flag

Raising my anger higher and higher into the sky 

Waving around my rights in the air 

Twisting...turning...capturing my words 

To only bring me down time and time again

Wrap me up and store me away in the dark 

Using me only when needed

I was afraid to talk

Fallen into deep depression 

Letting them use me

Letting them walk over me

Letting them feel satisfied

I pledge allegiance to myself

And to the love in my heart where no hate stands 

One heart

Indivisible

With acceptance 

And

Love for all

With their hatred towards me, us I take it as them wanting to be us 

They don’t want the attention changed onto us. 

They watch us move the mountains that once stopped us

We no longer stand to their flag but, to our own 

We no longer take pride in their work but, them taking pride in ours 

We rise up stronger and stronger 

They hit us harder and harder 

We don’t stop. We never stop. They will never win. 

I am Black. I am Proud. I am Me. 

They never will change me for who I am again

They will never treat me less than who I am

Now I know that I hold the power in my hand. 

Whether raised to their courts, 

Whether raised to their guns

Whether raised to their flag

I pray to myself and my believes.