Caren Krutsinger Poet Free verse

Labelling People

Angel?
Demon?
Faerie?
Witch?
Random labels
None apply.
We are all changelings
Pure and simple
Or complicated and unpure
Depending upon the mood, the moment, and our momentous events.
Divorce, death, cancer, car wrecks, they all take a toll on us.
Changing us completely in one second.
Giving us a perspective we never had before.
Showing us that our opinions are not the same now.
Sometimes switching to the opposite side in one second.
When we become the needy, we stop bad-mouthing the freeloaders.
When we realize how close we are to homeless, we maybe develop a little more empathy for them.
There are life-changing events happening every day.
We may go into some of them kicking and screaming,
But we still
Go into them
Changelings that we are.
Angel? Demon? Faerie? Crone? We’d best leave labels well and good alone.

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Pratap Roy December 13, 2019 at 1:19 AM Very well penned. God bless you. Caren Krutsinger December 13, 2019 at 6:51 AM Thank you very much Pratap.

Arthur Vaso October 20, 2018 at 10:59 PM We all label, is human nature, the difference is some are willing to consonantly chage the view based on learning more, and so..... we all should seek to learn more! Loved this! Caren Krutsinger December 13, 2019 at 6:51 AM It is so sad that I have to make myself UNLABEL after I label, so I know you are telling me the truth.

P.S. Awtry October 20, 2018 at 5:48 PM so true! Caren Krutsinger October 20, 2018 at 9:33 PM It always irritates me when someone starts labelling people.

Rhona Mcferran October 20, 2018 at 5:47 PM I love this so much... had to FAV it, also! Wonderfully said, my friend! ;) Caren Krutsinger October 20, 2018 at 9:33 PM Thank you Rhona. I bow to your appreciation.

M. L. Kiser October 20, 2018 at 1:05 PM Wise words my friend; we humans are exactly like that and we must all strive to do better. Caren Krutsinger October 20, 2018 at 2:24 PM We really must, but some days I am simply in a not-very-striving-to-be-so-nice-at-all mood.