Don't name it

don't

what if you didn’t name your kid

just let it grow, let it creep, let it crawl

don’t let it be called upon

or called at all

let it know itself for what it is

don’t make it into something you know

or something anyone knows

just let it be, let it see, let it feel

don’t ask of it to wear a name

let it know itself naked

what if you didn’t name your suffering

don’t give it a crown; don’t give it a veil

don’t give it a label; just let it sting."

let it cling, rip into your bones and then be done

because it will be done

and if it starts again and if it wants to take you

let it, but don’t name it

don’t call it, don’t stroke it

let it be.

what if we didn’t name what we share

we can possess each other, cry to each other

conjure each other, skin each other

fuck and kiss each other into existing

stay stuck and miss each other into not existing

sniff each other, bathe each other

sleep forever in each others arms

but we don’t name it, we don’t tame it

we don’t shame it

what if we just be

don’t name me

don’t tame me