I do not bow to kings or tyrants.
No nation should fear my reprisal
unless it raises its hand against the powerless,
unless it crowns cruelty and calls it law.
I stand on guard against dictators,
lend my strength to the downtrodden,
& wield my freedom not as armor,
but as offering
I do not bow to kings or tyrants.
No nation should fear my reprisal
unless it raises its hand against the powerless,
unless it crowns cruelty and calls it law.
I stand on guard against dictators,
lend my strength to the downtrodden,
& wield my freedom not as armor,
but as offering
I do not bow to kings or tyrants.
I do not worship flags—I defend the freedoms they were meant to represent.
I do not wait for injustice to knock.
I meet it at the gate, eyes open, spine straight.
I do not bow to kings or tyrants.
I do not worship flags—I defend the freedoms they were meant to represent.
I do not wait for injustice to knock.
I meet it at the gate, eyes open, spine straight.
I do not bow to kings or tyrants.
I do not mistake cruelty for strength, nor silence for peace.
I name the rot, and I do not flinch.
I remember that patriotism is not performance,
it is participation.
It is protest.
It is protection of the vulnerable.
I do not bow to kings or tyrants.
I do not mistake cruelty for strength, nor silence for peace.
I name the rot, and I do not flinch.
I remember that patriotism is not performance,
it is participation.
It is protest.
It is protection of the vulnerable.
I do not bow to kings or tyrants.
I walk this earth as a visitor,
entrusted with its wild grace & fragile abundance.
I know my job is not dominion
but stewardship - for all creatures, not just my own.
I plant seeds I may never see bloom,
because freedom is a garden we tend together.
I do not bow to kings or tyrants.
I walk this earth as a visitor,
entrusted with its wild grace & fragile abundance.
I know my job is not dominion
but stewardship - for all creatures, not just my own.
I plant seeds I may never see bloom,
because freedom is a garden we tend together.
I do not bow to kings or tyrants.
I vote because my voice is my shield,
and my ballot is my bond to every right I claim.
I speak because truth is not a luxury -
it is a duty.
#freedomofspeech
I do not bow to kings or tyrants.
I vote because my voice is my shield,
and my ballot is my bond to every right I claim.
I speak because truth is not a luxury -
it is a duty.
#freedomofspeech
I do not bow to kings or tyrants.
I do not kneel to wealth, nor flinch before power.
I do not persecute those who flee the same persecution my ancestors escaped.
I remember what it means to arrive with nothing but hope and grit.
I know the cost of silence.
#freedomofspeech
I do not bow to kings or tyrants.
I do not kneel to wealth, nor flinch before power.
I do not persecute those who flee the same persecution my ancestors escaped.
I remember what it means to arrive with nothing but hope and grit.
I know the cost of silence.
#freedomofspeech