Outside I'm
Polite
Self-effacing
Pliant
Obedient
Inside I'm
Scornful
Self-loving
Obstinate
Willful
Outside I want to
Help
Be a wife
(a daughter, a sister)
Listen
Inside I want to
Hinder
Be myself
(a huntress, a lover)
Shout
Outside I'm meek
Inside I'm prideful
Outside I weep
Inside I'm gleeful
My outer name is short,
and every child knows it,
everyone was taught it,
Even meek I aborted
Your chance of Paradise
My inner name is secret
Rarely ever now translated
Lost in books and barrows
Regained in flame and shadows
A silent shout of bliss
Now, lady, do you know me?