We Are People

That's it..

As the sun rises
And the faintest hints of light begin to touch the sky,
We, too, rise.

Up from our beds we go
To work,
To school,
To shop,
To play,
And much much more.

The labels go on;
Teacher,
Lawyer,
Student.

The judging begins;
S**t,
Bully,
Nimrod,
Idiot.

The differences are made clear.
The people become
Ashamed.

But at the end of the day
When the sun goes down,
The labels come off.
The people are tired.

And I think to myself,
"This is the world."

And as the children get tucked into bed,
I realize,
We are all just..
People

Author's Note

Thank you for reading! Take care :)

Reviews

[C. Lee Battaglia]

Simply beautiful, I loved this ‘we are all just… people’ This touched my heart and gave me goose bumps.
:) I can just say that your writing has improved so much. I think that we are going to have to write something together. ;) Keep up the amazing work CG!!!!! I missed you.
C. Lee Battaglia

[Cool Girl]

Thank you so much! Your writing has improved greatly as well! And yes! I'd love to write something together :) I will try to keep up the good work lol :) and yes, I have missed you too :)

[andrew mitchell]

yep we are all just living beings all trying to fit in somewhere on Earth! nice write !

[Cool Girl]

Thank you! :)

[Sheila Kline]

In the end, we all die, so labels seem so unnecessary, and too often hurtful. It is far better to spend our time sharing compassion, and love than draining our energy to come up with a title, or a name for others as too often that which is chosen ends up hurting the other. I like your thoughts....yes, we are all just...People!

[Cool Girl]

I totally agree! Thank you so much for commenting! It's interesting to see your perspective of my poem and society/life :)

[WittyWonka]

We label everything. We label ourselves and each other. In some cases we bring labels upon ourselves. It doesn't make it right, because we are all people, just like you said.

[Cool Girl]

Yes indeed! :) thanks for leaving a comment! I think it's cool to see your thoughts on the poem and every day life :) thanks again!

[Untalented Creation]

I like how you criticized the whole labeling aspect. Nice work.

[Cool Girl]

Thanks! :)

[Riv]

The interplay and contrast between the differences and the shared core similarities of people is one of the most interesting aspects of humanity. We seem to alienate and befriend with equal satisfaction. Though it varies from group to group, person to person, of course.

This is something I've particularly found myself thinking about when it comes to the concept of war. Men killing each other, simply because they were drafted or happened to be born on one slab of land rather than another with a different name. When in another life they could have been drinking mates. Obviously I'm taking this to the extreme here, but hey.

I'm new here and I don't know who Danny is (though I have a vague idea from other posts), but he's clearly inspired quite a bit of love here. Best wishes.

[Cool Girl]

Thank you :)

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree dear Poet.
"And as the children get tucked into bed,
I realize,
We are all just..
People"
All of us want peace and calm. Thank you for sharing the amazing poetry and good wisdom.
Coyote

[Cool Girl]

Thank you so much

[Coyote Poetry]

You are welcome.

[-inactive now-]

Very lovely poem. We are all just people, no one person is greater or lesser than the other. Each person has the right to live freely as the next, regardless of anything.
A great message, you summed it up with a fresh perspective.
Good on ya!

[Cool Girl]

Thank you!

[GeekyGamer128]

This is a really meaningful great poem. It goes to show that at the end of the day, no matter who you are, we are all just people. Really nice job! :)

[Cool Girl]

Thank you so much!

[luvs2write]

Humanity in itself is one race. We are one...so why don't we act like it? I think everyone in the world needs to read this poem. It's so true; we're all just people. Another amazing write!!

[Cool Girl]

Thank you so much, Addie! :)

[luvs2write]

You should listen to people help the people by birdy!!

[Cool Girl]

I love that song!