Love without Labels
Every morning I go to school, and I’m a student
Every afternoon I go to work, and I’m a teacher
Every night I go home, and I’m a daughter
These labels that I give myself, they describe who I am
They don’t hurt me, they push me towards greatness
The other labels, the mean ones, are what people remember
They remember that I have flaws
That I was smart
That I am different
That I was weird
That I am dumb
Those labels, the ones we use everyday, are what drive America
Without them, we would be peaceful
We would be together
We would finally have that one ingredient we’ve been missing for so long
But why fix it, even if it’s broken?
We can live with hate towards our neighbors
We can survive knowing that we’ve killed over words
We can remain innocent towards the violence in our streets
We can exist with ourselves
We’ve lost sight of what’s important.
As citizens, we need to build each other up
By doing so, we can have another Thomas Edison
Or Harriet Tubman
Or J.F.K.
Or M.L.K.
Or F.D.R.
People we look up to, people kids look up to
Forget the labels, and spread out love
Love that everyone needs
Love without labels is freedom