The Value in a Name

Conversation sparks free exchange

Of my loved ones’ sacred names

Though an act of courtesy

I long to pay the world

With their holy currency

Eager to tithe

And muffle the forlornly

Dropping coins into the plate

When I speak of them warmly

Presenting large bills

With accounts of our laughter

Inflation dismantled

Then and hereafter

Passed verbally

Full to the brim

Plate overflowing

As I appraise them

Their value unspoken

Is to disrespect a token

Their existence begotten

To not be forgotten

I will always spare

My beloved change