What Did We Promise???

Those of us who are of a certain age (or older) 

may remember our childhood school days 

when the first order of business 

(once the classroom came to order) 

was standing, facing the flag, 
putting our hand over our heart,

and reciting the Pledge in unison.

As children we did not fully realize 
the import of those words, 

and I wonder if perhaps many today also 
do not know what those words truly mean:

I pledge ALLEGIANCE

to the flag

and to the REPUBLIC

for which it stands,

One nation

UNDER GOD

INDIVISIBLE

with LIBERTY

and JUSTICE

for ALL.