meaningless name

SOMETHING 

SHAPED LIKE WORDS

 PERCHED ON MY LIPS,

 BURNING.

THEY HAD ASKED ME

THE MEANING OF MY NAME.

AND I COULDN’T GIVE THEM

ANY SPEECH SOUND

BUT A GASP OF DESIRE.

SIMPLY BECAUSE 

WITH EACH LITTLE THING

 THAT I DO,

I AM TRYING TO PERHAPS

GIVE IT A MEANING.