THE NAMING

It’s a hard name to frame

how do I carry a morning star

across a black pond just to tell it

that it’ll never swim again.

I will let it to Pandemonium,

a tower & emerging from it,

lightning & full of fire

& effervescent renovation

a name not for sale in this market

something simply God-given

& the price He pays

becomes His own name

when naming is a trauma too

& the price I pay

is something already alive

& in the water,

slowly dying.