namely

my baby lies over the ocean
her pillow talk echoes in my ear
she calls to me my sibilant adjectival name
given at birth
but more often the several pet names
she has conferred on me
and with the breath of every murmur
she breathes life anew in me
and with the evocation of every sobriquet
she lays claim to me
inscribes upon me an/other identity
forges a bridge of history
with which our two lives are bound

come name me, baby
my captor and liberator
call me, namely,
yours