My real name…

My real name is buried

Beneath layers of

Debris

Relics

Memories

Beneath the forms and the functions that life has draped over me

Like cumbersome clothing belonging to someone else, disguising my true form

But in the night

When no-one is looking

I peel off those layers, discard them

And hold that secret thing

That glowing, golden truth

And I whisper my name to the silent dark:

Warrior. Sacred. Whole. Fearless. Free.