A name was breathed into the world,
on a tired, ecstatic sigh.
It was crooned
it was yawned
it was chided, prompted.
Finally it was repeated,
gurgled questioningly,
tested out on a tongue just learning the possibilities
of intentionally united sounds.
And then it was shortened, sang, teased
to mixed responses.
It was called-for
shouted-out
passed-on
from mouth to mouth,
other tongues holding the syllables more naturally
simply by virtue of extended use.
And then at last,
one foggy afternoon
it was claimed,
uttered into the air firmly
freely
confident and sure
finally aware that a name
held only as much importance as it was given.
