Labels

Two years ago I lived in ignorance,
One year ago I was confounded and enlightened,
Now I am on the periphery of dissolution.

Does love exist?
Does hate exist?
Do I truely exist?

If something is labeled,
does it assume that livid existence?
Does it conform to certian criteria?
"A rose by any other name
. . . . would smell just as sweet."

If something is labeled,
does it lose its personal worth?

If I am labeled,
do I become that label?
Do I assume that existence?

Can a virgin be a whore?
Can I negate myself?
Can I dispute my labels?

If I were not me in this matrix,
If I were to grow among the wild unknown,
would I label the world around me?
How would I label myself?

Would I still be asking these stupid questions?

I am the virgin;
I am a stranger to many a situations.
I am the whore;
I am the familiar to many darkly shaded gentlemen.

I can not dispute all my labels,
I will not,
For I am those labels and I am many more.



2001 - BLP