who (26/1/25)

that’s my name
I know it is
because
that’s what everyone
keeps calling me,
that’s my name
and I respond
in a reflex
in a heartbeat
in word
across a crowded room,
that’s my name
always has been
at least as far
as I know,
two syllables,
or one for short,
short and sweet,
that’s my name
not that I
at the time
had a choice
to choose it
or otherwise,
for instance,
pick a different one,
that’s my name
though if I do
say so myself
I rarely speak it
after all why would I,
that’s my name
my moniker
for all it’s worth
for all it is
just what it is
and will it seems
continue to be
unless I choose
to change it,
but then again
if I did
how would I know
for certain, sure
what or when
or who I am?

© robert greig