Labels

Arguably benign
collecting dust, which eventually
will blow in the wind.
Forgetting not
graciously heroic
intrepid justification, knowing
within the limits of life’s stint.

Everyone judges.
caught up in name brands
but no grudges
for labels are for soup cans.

Don’t fit a frame
even if it’s easier
to understand
get to know someone
put impressions to shame.
for labels are for soup cans.

Mistakenly nerdy
or perhaps quite
right.

Smart kids, nerds
popular kids
jocks and girls with fake tans
take risks
and think nothing of it
for labels are for soup cans.

But reasonably serendipitous
triumphantly understood
validating wisdom
so that others might.
Might what?
Perhaps never be mistaken.
Perhaps might.
But in the end
it’s all right.

We might be labeled
for life
but what really matters
is what the labels hide.

30.01.2017 © Daniel L. Raven [Count Daniël Luchies]