Labels?

Labels seem to fascinate humans!
Labels can make one stand, or fall.
And if you label me, who am I then?
Only the word you speak, that’s all?

We negate people with our naming,
Labels are too often believed as true.
Since you don’t live inside my skin,
You don’t know me, how could you?

Children too often are held to account,
For ancestors they’ve never known.
Calling and treating them as some other,
Their own unique gifts are seldom grown.

The God of love has given us gifts.
We’re as unique as each snowflake.
We’re numerous, yet our own design,
To be transformed for the world’s sake.

What people say, speaks more about them,
No matter whether for good, or for ill.
Identify yourself as special, and unique,
Only God and you know who you are still.


Cc Free Flying Spirit. 2007.