I had forgotten how easily I could be hurt by the people I care about. Probably because I stopped caring a long time ago. Today you reminded me of what it feels like to be hurt. I hope to God that you never leave me because the pain that would bring would be unbearable.

“I pledge allegiance to a former flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it once stood, one nationredefining God to fit its needs, divisible by politicians, with liberty and justice for all those who can afford it.”