MY IDENTITY

I refuse to be labeled

I have an identity unknown

My name is to me known

But to the world I'm someone else

And yet I refuse to be labeled

I was born with a name not known

Ask me it's meaning

And I will berry my head in shame

The name has a meaning

But not of my tribe

A name that doesn’t give me Identity

Whose borrowed cloths am I wearing

With an identity foreign to my tribe

Religion in my creed

That defines who I am

But not who I really am

And yet I refused to be labeled

John is my name

And yet I am black

Jamal is my name

And yet I am black

I am not of my own kind

And I am not a foreigner

Who am I and what is my identity