Is it cool?

Is it cool

To change your name?

Is it cool

When you find yourself

Drowning in a new identity?

It doesn’t seem cool

To go through all that hassle.

To wait in lines and pay fees and fill out forms

Over and over,

Is it cool to change your name?

Is it a trend?

No.

I don’t think you understand.

The name change is worth the hassle.

I’ve been living, languishing, dying

Under the wrong name,

The wrong identity,

And it’s about damn time

To make myself a new one.

It’s not a trend,

It’s not cool.

It’s an awakening.

I’ve been asleep in this body

In this name that I was given

But do not own.

It’s time to give myself a new name.

In fact,

It’s long overdue.

And I need the change.

I need a new name.

My old one is a pair of shoes,

But my feet have grown to big to fit.

Or maybe they’ve shrunk,

Too small for the large shoe.

I’m not sure which.

All I know is

It’s time for a change.

It’s time to buy a new pair.

Cause I can’t keep cramming

My feet into these shoes

Or I’ll never be able to walk again.

Is it cool to change your name?

Probably not.

People might tell you that

You should stick with the one you’ve been given.

But sometimes gifts don’t fit,

And it’s time to re-gift it

To someone who will give it the use it deserves.

And I don’t care how much hassle it takes.

I don’t care how much money or time.

It’s time for a change.