Rob keeps asking me to write a guest post for him about how *My Life Beyond Labels *came into being. I’d love to write that guest post for him. I’d love to write that post for myself! (Lord knows I’m starting to lose track of all the posts I either need to write or I’ve promised y’all. {lol}) But this post is *important. *This is a post that *must be written* and so, I will write it.
Some of it now. Some of it later.
Please visit *My Life Beyond Labels *let me know what you think. I'm still doing some remodeling, but it's come a long way. :-)
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All of my life
I’ve been a label.
A stereotype A classification
Treated Heartlessly Cruelly…
Sub-human.
Because I am different.
People fear That which is different. That which they do not understand.
Inside, I am just a girl.
A daughter. A mother. A wife. A sister. A friend.
It is not *those* labels Which scares others Which cause them,
To say And do Mean and cruel things. Causing them to make threats And use words to harm.
The labels they fear The very ones I seek to transcend Are truly No more threatening Than my other labels.
The irony, of course, Is they all come together These ‘*acceptable*‘ and ‘*unacceptable*‘ labels To create *ME*!
The Me You see *today*,
The Me You saw *yesterday*,
The Me You will see *tomorrow*!
The Me You *know.*
The Me You *love!*
The Me Who wrote this poem To let you in to help her heart Just a bit more,
I am all one in the same.
I am just a girl With ADHD.
A girl With Fibromyalgia.
A girl With a back ‘injury’ and chronic migraines.
A girl, in the minority, With Asperger’s Syndrome.
A girl With the *best God chosen family* in the world.
A girl With a dark past and a much brighter future.
I am just a girl Please take extra time to get to know me, In spite of my labels.
And watch what wonderful things happen Despite my labels!
Written Sun 08.12.2012 @ 12:08pm by Lizzeann
