POETRY / POETRY PROMPT

Definitions

Your labels will not stick to me

Photo by Sarah Norris on Unsplash

Your definitions,
the labels you put on me,
are your truths not mine
for I’m my own to define,
and I don’t need your labels.

Who I am is me.
Give me the freedom to exist,
not words to oppress,
and simply let me be me,
undefined and amorphous.

With thanks to Sahil Patel for creating this poetry prompt challenge:

New Poetry Challenge Alert

Day 18’s prompt is to “write a poem about a label that has been put on you and want to get rid of it.”

Unlabel Yourself