I hear my name being called. It is my name but it is also the name of a girl in my class. I imagine it is the name of many people who have lived many lives. I wonder if a name connects us , a shared experience between strangers. a mother calls the name to a child ,a man shouts the name at his wife ,a tombstone is etched with my name and yet it is not my body that lies beneath it. Can the others feel the weight of my name as I do or is my name filled with a different weight, something light. How can I ever be truely gone from this world when my name is still whispered on lips. There is me and there is a name but it will never be mine it will always be ours.












