Most names mean admirable things.

Girls are named for hope,

beauty,

gentleness,

kindness. 

Names are your parents' hopes.

Their dreams for who you will become. 

What you will become. 

Names are a set of rules given to you at birth.

You are your name.

You have to be

because if you aren't your name,

who are you?

My name doesn't mean hope,

beauty, 

gentleness,

or kindness.

My name is not seen as something to be admired. 

My name is disobedience and anger. 

My name is a wave

white with froth

ravaging everything in its path.

My name sinks ships.

My name floods shores. 

My name is nothing that you would want a girl to be.

Because girls aren't meant to be strong.

Not meant to flood shores or

sink ships. 

Girls are meant to be hopeful,

beautiful,

gentle, 

and kind. 

Girls are meant to be nothing else. 

Most names mean admirable things.

But hopefulness,

beauty,

gentleness,

and kindness aren't the only admirable qualities a girl can have.

My name is not seen as something to be admired. 

It doesn't mean 

hope, 

beauty,

gentle,

or kind.

My name is not gentle and neither am I.

I am a wave

white with froth

ravaging everything in its path.

I sink ships.

I flood shores.

I am nothing that you would want a girl to be. 

But my name is something to be admired. 

I can be hopeful.

Know that I

that we can do better

if we put in the work.

I know that I am beautiful

in my own way.

I know that everyone is beautiful

and everyone deserves love. 

I can be kind,

but still call BS when need be.

But I will never be gentle

Because I am a wave,

white with froth.