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what's in a name, they say while they refuse, point blank, to call me by mine.

instead by the one my parents so thoughtfully assigned me, at birth —

(that cataclysmic moment when i escaped from my mother's insides bloody and screaming.

i wonder if i really escaped her then, or if i am still trying to escape today.)

i can't imagine how much it must hurt for them to hear that that name is mine no longer.

their pain, that comes with the shame and the blame for who i am today.

never mind me and all my insecurities, insignificant and bleeding out, emotionally, on the floor i'll survive, i'll be alright. you always were the problem child, love. seen and not heard? something you should practice, dear.

is it your given name? they ask, yes! it's the name i gave myself! they laugh (while i blink back tears).