If I Were a Poet

Say their names out loud.
Each one is a poem:

Alexandria.
Alithia.
Amerie.
Annabell.
Eliahana.
Eliana.
Eva.
Irma.
Jacklyn.
Jailah.
Jayce.
Jose.
Layla.
Maite.
Makenna.
Miranda.
Nevaeh.
Rogelio.
Tess.
Uziyah.
Xavier.

Poems sometimes vanish
in the wink an eye.
You look away
for just a moment,
and they are gone.
This poem is not beautiful.
Not all poems are.
It ends suddenly.
Some poems do.