We’re chapters and chapters of things nobody ever reads. Don’t label me until you know me. Don’t judge me until you’ve heard me. Don’t name me until you’ve seen me. Don’t define me until you’ve lived me. Take the labels off— they never told my story right. I’m not Gen Z. I’m not a sign. I’m not a symptom. I’m not a stereotype. I’m a being with a past, a history that breathes.