Names not only
assume and identify
your personae but
occupy and shelter
you like a towering
cathedral on a
storm-frequented
capital, like the name
I gave you
only that I could not
vouch for ownership

YOU ARE READING
Albeit flawed,
ŞiirI was basking under the sun-the waves muffle the sound of my breathing; and I bury myself with cautionary confidence in the sand and with it the memory of your four faces. How can something lethal be life-restorative?