When I Had Many Names

I was restless
I was weary
I was cold and I was tired
I was hungry
I was famished
I was his and he was mine
When I had many names

My hands were fists
My feet were fast
My eyes and mind wanted to close
My voice had no speech
My world had no motive
My body and soul were not my own
When I had many names

I would run
I would hide
I would be found again and again
I would cry
I would laugh
I would be played with again and again
When I had many names

I was relentless
I was on my own
I was trying over and over
I was hurting
I was feeling
I was going to make it through
Because I didn’t want many names

It would be a struggle
It would take forever
It would, to get to where I wanted to be
It would be a journey
It would include the others
It would, to finish what he started
To finally be a girl with only one name