That's what my name is
my given name,
that is
it means Natural Spring
(of water)
but,
it does not mean it's me
How can a name,
given to you
by those
who never truly saw you,
belong to you?
It belongs to them.
as does Pinar,
the girl that's molded to their liking
the safe girl, the one who is never a risk
the girl who receives love, when she plays by the rules
the girl who serves as a mirror, of their own merits
the girl whose duty overrides her every desire
the girl whose soul screams, but no one is there to hear it
the girl that exists, only around them
MY name, good sir,
is
Penny
It is a name given to me by a six-year old girl
it felt true, to be seen by the eyes of a child
to be graced, by that purity
with a name to call my own
Penny.
A name given, innocently
and so I claim my true name be
Not what was given to me,
but was seen,
of me
--PY