I put the sugar in the jug
and wonder if it cares
that the label I have chosen
is so far from the truth.
But that matters not really
since sugar cannot care
that it now resides
in an empty water jug,
but people care
and people have feelings
so obviously people
are different from sugar.
Society does not take note
that there are differences indeed
since they still place labels
that are sure to mislead.
There are so many labels
a person is made to bear,
but on the inside is sweetness
if we’d only look and not stare.
Autumn Siders 