after mera nam (my name)

Reggie's art class and Kuki's speech class and special guest Tisa....
everyime I perform, mera nam, my name, it feels different.
I heard my voice echo today  in a different way - -
later
One by one, everyone came up and spoke the story of their names...
short prose and deep journeys inwards...

A COLLECTIVE NAMING SONG

from my great great grandmother
who loved the smell of lily

it didn't suit me
so I changed it

trying to live up to
water of life
can be miserable

I might as well live with it and enjoy

never stop
never scared of anything

as in archangel

I am not the same

runs deep in my family
like the roots of the coconut tree
binding