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