Love Poem: Living My Name
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Written by: David Ella

Living My Name

In your presence, I suddenly rediscovered my name

It was hidden under the cloak of foolish pride

A self contained the mirage that dulled my perception of what was real and of truth

My eyes now unveiled of imageries clouded in cancer

As once before, I only saw people as shadows

And their backdrop as nothing but random interludes

Your life size tenderness bleeds unto my unformed consciousness

An arranged feast between a shamed thief and a generous princess

Now painted in vibrant hues is the intensity of our communion

A freed slave, I once before wore over me the a gown clothing my naked anonymity

And in grandeur I now assumed an identity, a pride of place

No longer orphaned in the void that echoed my entrapped soul