Labels

Let's play
A little game
Just to start off simply
Tell me your name
Whats the label
That you got stuck with 
The moment you were born
Tell me as to who you identify
What is it that makes the score
Tell me how you identify
A million labels
Come to the front of your mind
A million labels
That dictate whether you shine
Or do they just burry you alive
Can you tell me why
You bear them
Why you ultimately chose
To sit silently and wear them
We think these labels
We think they define us
We think they make us
But maybe 
They actually break us
Gay 
Straight
Lesbian
Bi.
Hispanic
Asian
Black
White.
Pretty
Ugly
Smart
Dumb
Any word
At the tip of your tongue
What if we tried
Instead of these insidious labels
We tried loving
​​​One another
And lifting each other up
Instead of labeling
And categorizing
Separating 
And all of this hating
What if instead of sticking everyone
Into groups
Ostracising
Outcasting
Segregating
We tried pitching labels aside
And bringing everyone together
In our hearts and our minds