About

Jillian Nicole:
A name my mother stole one morning in May
two days before I was born an Emily
or Samantha

I am of unoriginal origins
sharing the same thread of seven letters 
and three syllables 
as maybe a million others.

But I am Jillian,
the quiet girl who can't stop talking
stubborn and impractical
but wildly imaginative

 I am Jill,
loyal and never lonely
complexly emotional
built on passion and kindness.

And I am Jilly
to the rare few
brave enough to try it. 

I am the one
no one else knows how to be--
even those who share the same name as me.