Hey, What's Your Name?

I once had no name

I just existed.

I was created.

Unlimited Possibility

Then I was named

"Michael"

An angel

I was to be close to God.

That’s ok.

It fits.

I would want that without my name

At least I think so.

Then came "William"

A middle name

A family name

I was a son

I carried a legacy

A responsibility

Before I took a breath

I had a history

Then One More

This one wasn’t picked.

It’s weight

I was to be "Droege"

I have family

People who have participated in my DNA

Who want to have say

I have to carry this name on

I haven’t yet seen light

Felt cold

Yelled

But I have a job.

Who was I before my name?

When I was just possibility?

Who was I before I was “the pastor’s kid”

Did I have an identity before I was “the kid whose dad died”

“The man of the house”

Who says that to a kid?

Who gives them that kind of name?

I want to remember who I was

Before I had my names

Before I was "nerd"

Before I was "skinny"

Before I was "burnout"

Before I was "abused"

Before I was "pastor"

Before I was "father"

Before I was "husband"

Before I was "disappointment"

I was possibility

I want a new name

I want a name that fits

Drive me to the desert

Let me bury the name tags of my history

Cry with me

Then lets laugh

And dance

Speak no more our names

I’ll just see myself in your eyes

That will be my name

Only we will know.