Tired Of Labels!!!

I am not a capitalist,
a socialist,
a communist.
I am not Democrat
or Republican
or Libertarian.
Politics do not define me.

I am not a Christian,
a Jew,
a Muslim,
a Buddhist,
a Hindu,
an Agnostic,
an Atheist,
a Witch
or practioner of any other religion.
Religions do not define me.

I will be classified by society as
female
and heterosexual,
Not by any choice I have consciously made,
But because the world loves
to place people into neat little defined boxes.

If I have to BE something,
allow me to be
creative,
and witty,
and sensitive,
and passionate,
and loving.
Allow me to stand
on my own two feet
and express the
thoughts
and feelings
and intuitions
of my heart--
my heart that is infinitely connected
to your heart.

My value system consists of
following that beating within
in the hope that
my response will be what is needed by
the world,
others,
myself.
Allow me to express
the love I feel
without judging it,
without criticizing it.
Let my love be enough
for you to understand
we are not separate!

I am tired of separation,
tired of feeling lost
and alone.
I am tired of labels.
I release them in the winds of change
and watch them blow away
into nothingness.

~Cindy Shippy Evans