Stripes and Me

I am nobody,
a stranger among the crowd,
a friend to you,
sometimes your foe.
Though among the crowd,
you will see stripes, my stripes,
that allow you,
to say my name out loud.

One day I'll be gone,
no longer among the crowd.
Though gone, you will see,
my stripes, my name,
that remind you,
of me.