My real name is
my day name is gull
this is my town
I shriek:
more bread for my supper
my night name is crow
I live in the hole in the roof
my babies inhabit your dreams
I guard you all night
I am not from here
I am none of these
my shadow name is mockingbird
I am your childhood
I meet you by the stream
promise not to forget me
my secret name is sanveria
I am the song of longing
my love grows slowly and slowly
it hurts more each day
I am not from here
I am none of these
Jeanne Rana
June 21, 2012
Katwijk, qawwali workshop