Call Out My Name

Call out my name

Shout it across the house to summon me
To the kitchen to cut vegetables with you

Sing it to me at sundown for soothing comfort
As if I myself am the sweet lullaby

Howl it at the moon when the clock strikes midnight
To gather our pack to charge and leap with me (and you)
Through fields under shooting stars 

Scream it into your world
When it’s breaking into pieces
When you can’t see how to fix it
I’ll help you patch the shards together

Wail for me to come to your side
As if, should I fail to answer
You could never cry out for another

Call me by a new name, should it please you
Choose one that suits me
By your analysis of my nature
And choose one that suits you
By the truths your heart whispers to you
When you see me running towards your open arms 

Shape a new name in the space between us
With nimble fingers
A name for all to use
Deaf, mute, and hearing alike
So all may take me into their eyes
And see how much you love me 

Carve a new name from wood or marble
Smooth to the touch, distinct and truly me
For the deaf-blind to wrap their hands around
So they may learn me by the shapes
Under their fingertips
To touch me across any distance
And feel how much you love me

Grant me a nom de guerre
Scream it on my battlefields
To call me back to peaceful times
When the war grows beyond my strength
And I’m at risk of falling 

Gift me a secret name
Reserved for the darkest, most silent
Private spaces together
Weighted with a meaning
That only we will understand

Call me whatever you like
I promise
If I can hear it
Or see it
I’ll answer  

Whatever you choose for me
However you label me
No matter why, please
Just call me 

January 21 – February 14, 2025

(Follow up: Euonyms)