Art Of Name Poem by Maria Sudibyo

To identify, to define
To call, to remember
To referrer, to curse
What contained behind your name?

By family, by finder
By stranger, by lover
By friend, by enemy
By whom do you like to hear your name?

With special meaning, with artistic sense
With proper formality, with full affection
With huge adoration, with hidden mockery
With what tone do they say your name?

Whether since birth, whether invented later
Whether from society, whether in secrecy
Whether by your personality, whether by accident
Which name engraved in your soul?

For hope, for future
For beginning, for eternity
In fame, in battle cry
Until when do they whisper your name?