What's In a Name?

What’s In a Name?

12/9/10

What does it mean

When you say something’s name?

Is that what it is?

Are they one and the same?

If that is true

Then is a flower a rose,

A plant, a vegetable,

And are all birds crows?

Does that mean if you call me a demon

That is what I am?

Or just because you say it,

Does that make me one of God’s lambs?

How do you know

What something truly was?

If you can’t see it

And you don’t know what it does?

A name doesn’t define you

And may not be true,

But people still believe it

And cannot get a clue.

A demon may not be a demon,

A song may not be sung,

An adult may be a child,

And a whip might be a tongue.

Just because we say it

Doesn’t make it so,

But words still are powerful,

And this is something I know.

Even if it isn’t true

Those words can still sting,

Sometimes you can’t ignore it

And keep living like a king.

So be careful what you say

Because a word’s a powerful thing.

But what’s in a name?

What harm can it bring?