Free to Be Indigo
An Ode to Gender-Fluid Names
Mama knows what it's like to be bound, baby.
That is why I am naming you Indigo--
to set your soul free.
Indigo is the color of wild-sugar potential.
Right away I recognized the mulberries
and magic in your eyes.
A sweet moon child like you will need that wide open space
between Blue and Violet.
Take this name like an ocean of "in-between"
and
swim
in
every
drop of
your
Truth.
No gender. No boundaries. Just space to grow.
This name is a gift I wish my mother gave me.
Indigo is plural. Indigo is a verb.
Indigo will make room for all the wild
realms of you, little one.
The grace of this borderless color will gently teach you
what it took Mama a lifetime to learn:
Home is not a place.
Home is a spectrum called Y O U.
Baby, you are a galaxy caught in flesh and
no stuffy old name would do.
I name you Indigo. Cosmic Garden of Indigo.
Bloom without boundaries, baby.
#pride | #truecolors | #embracingcolorfuljourneys | #moleskin
About the Creator
Ro Roquemore
Ro Roquemore is a social justice essayist and trauma advocate. Ro writes to make sense of truth, knowledge, and human connection in American politics and culture. Ro currently lives and plays in Portland, OR. She/They/Ro #freeyourself
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