Clepe

Today's word is "clepe" ... to call, name. Yclepe, clept.

Named
Adam clept them all ... the animals
that is, one by one. So when they
to the ark were summoned, two by two,
they recognized the sounds that Noah spoke.

Our names are how we know ourselves;
how we identify ourselves to others.
Change a letter and you change the way
you see yourself as well. Try it.

It's said that God has a secret name for each of us,
that will truly and completely hold the
essence of each personality or spirit.
I wonder if we have an inkling of it's nature?

Could we predict even a small portion
of its meaning? Do we know ourselves at all?
Or will we be surprised when the one that
knows us best, whispers our truth into our ears?

Anne Selleck
Copyright 2013