Find Your Name

Find your name,

in the dust where lines are marked,
in the puddles where water hits, and hits and hits,
in the smelly bits,
in the uncomfortable conversations and the awkward silences,

Find your name,

in the ruins of your ancient relationships,
in the adventures of your hormones during puberty,
in the indentations your feet make in the sand at the beach,
deep and chaotic and unique.

Find your name,

this is for the 14 year old convinced she's too old to have a first kiss,
to the soccer player's near miss,
to the quiet tsss in a moment of anger.
to the child in all of us, that sometimes doesn't walk on cracks.

This is putting the I in ID, the me in meaning,
this is about who we are.
Your story is the only story I want to hear,
who are you?

Are you your mother's daughter, you sister's brother, your lover's lover?
Are you the friend till the end, the workaholic, the flirtatious drunk or everyone's bad day tonic?
Are you defined?

Find your name,

We hurtle in tandem,
in a frantic silent disco,
to our own music,
our own beat,
our own rhythm,
our own song.

But throw your arms around me,
'Cause I'll hold on,
I'll learn your beat,
I'll feel your story,

Welcome to the world
rejoice at its simplicity,
it's complexity

its tragic communities,
and its joyous solitudes,

Find your name - its in that music,
its in those spaces, the corners that lurk in murky moments of confusion, of gray morals and self made delusions,
It's the first step in this conclusion,

Find your name.