Pledge Allegiance

At church on Sunday, our wonderful choir sang a "Growing Allegiance" written by Paul Priest. 

It is quite lovely and one that resonates with me:

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of these United States, and to the founding principles its pattern celebrates: that as the stripes and stars combine in unity more grand, so my allegiance has to grow beyond my native land.

"And as a tree grows ring on ring in ever widening girth, I love my family, town, and state, my country and my Earth. And soaring on beyond the sun, beyond the galaxy, I find my home in endless Love that has its home in me."