Labels

Fat

Skinny

No!

I’m me

White

Black

No!

I’m me

Smart

Stupid

Rich

Poor

No!

I’m me

Labels

Narrow one’s perspective

Of the world

People

Put others into boxes,

Never to be opened

A behavior

Learned from generation

To generation

We

Are all in someone’s

Box, as they are in ours

Hate

Prejudice

Ignorance

Fear

Break open

The boxes

See others

For who they are;

Fellow Humans;

You, Me

We are NOT

Fat, skinny

White, black

Smart, stupid

Rich, poor

We are

You,

Me,

Humans,

Life,

Love