Before You Call Me By This Name

Sun, 14 Nov 2021 18:10:57 +0000

For The Sunday Muse Prompt #186:

Before you call me by this name
and shrink the sum of all my days
down to this facade, this still-life
of sepia pixels flickering like daylight
disappearing before the force of dusk;

Before you place the burdens of
history around my neck, till
it begins to break beneath the weight
of expectation, you must know
that this name is one of a myriad,
each bequeathed by the ones
who came before, a prayer
that we might see, the small lights
in our being.

Names on A Geek's Life

Before You Call Me By This Name