I Have A Name! Poem by Eric Cockrell

I Have A Name!



roll back the stone!
take your chains
of ignorance and fear

from around my neck....
take your shackles
from my feet....

nobody owns me,
and nobody ever will.
i am not a number...

i have a name!

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Nancy M. Godfrey 30 January 2012

Kudos! Powerful and moving poem.

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Patti Masterman 05 September 2011

Heck even livestock on a pasture generally have nicknames, if not ones in common use. Institutions are determined to take even that from us. Great writing.

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