naming the nameless daughter

on my lips, girl, your forever name

can't speak it aloud. come closer to know it from me

on the lines in my hands read the clues

I'd blink it to you, beloved, if I knew the code

you-are-the-air-I-never-inhaled

she-swallows-planets-my-crazyass-trueself-baby

girl-who-carries-all-the-hurt-and-hope

woman-who-walks-the-clouds-with-no-history-suitcase

in my lap, in my face, my daughter

girl of the mysteries, woman of centuries lost