The Many Names We Have

Labels.

One first starts with baby boy or girl,

then given a name.

During those early years,

years not remembered,

one becomes are cute,

adoring.

sweet,

precious, so say the neighbors.

When old enough to understand,

one becomes a son or daughter,

and next, becomes a student.

In this process one make friends and becomes a friend.

Then one becomes a teenager.

People will call one smart,

Though that isn’t the name given one.

But it is a label.

One day one goes from student,

to a college graduate,

or enter the military,

and becomes a soldier.

One day down the road,

one gets married,

has a job and becomes an employee,

or has their own business,

and becomes a boss.

One has children and becomes a father or mother.

Time rolls by and one becomes a grandparent.

There are many labels we carry through life,

These are but a few.