Of my name

The loudness
A big tree falling before me
Crashing through backyards and living rooms
Stirring up summer swarms of love
We chased and ran from
Like the pups that we were
Learning our tales

The light
Fireflies in our eyes
Like cigarettes at night
Dancing on the front porch
From explosions of laughter
Shouting
And fights

Every star in the sky
Gathered round the table
Holding hands in prayer
Singing out their souls
Into the bowls of our
Young heads

How we rolled in those waves
Those thunderous waves of emotion
Stirred up and released
From the bowels of ancient ships
And buried aquifers

Memory passed through pain
Blindness cured by blood
Each note recomposed to connect us to
Hidden truths

Our ears drank the drunken tears of
The baby gods we looked up to

And I can still remember the loudness
Of my name
In the mouth of my family

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