13thWR

NAMING THINGS

We don't know
what else to call it,
so we
call it love.

The flower in the vase
may not be
a flower at all,
nor the vase

a vase,
but that's what
we've chosen
to name them.

Likewise, my parents,
not knowing
the difference,
said I was theirs.

The woman who lies
next to me
does not have the answers,
and I am grateful for that.

- Richard Jordan