names that never matter

The most beautiful boy you've ever seen might call you baby kitty

Your dad calls you squeedlebug
the neighbor boy calls you Onna
and that man who met you at Chevron still thinks your name is Sarah

Names can be cover ups
safety nets, sweetness, softness, blankets, curtains

Cherry is the girl for a real broken boy

and mama says you are her indigo princess and she always knew what she'd name you

you are gonna get called a friend
and a love
 a pal, a cousin, a girlfriend, a wife, an aunt, a grandma, a doctor, a brat

but all you are is your real name
the one your mama called you long before your heart went splat

So Arionna, Cherry-Pie, Miss Meridian,

Everybody: Don't you let anybody make you feel inferior for who you are.
Dont you hide

I won't love you any less.