What’s In a Name?
Not all of them are rosey
What’s in a name?
A good story, if you’re lucky
Or a bad one, only told over a beer or two
Flipping back through the pages on mine
I find little that is sweet, some unsavory
A first name chosen from a hat
No beloved family or friends
Lending their past to my present
It’s very spelling meant to cut
At the roots of your red hair
Passed down from an Irish father
Who kept his last name for another child
Another man lent us his out of a kindness
Later betrayed for an alcoholic Polak
No wonder you loved those jokes
Passing down humor, instead of bruises
My story is not the worst or the best
Just another human interest piece
Cut for space
What’s in a name?
Maybe a poem
I’d rather not recite
About the Creator
Sean A.
A happy guy that tends to write a little cynically. Just my way of dealing with the world outside my joyous little bubble.
Bruce Lee and The God of War: Kuan Ti
It starts with love.. The Power to the God Of War and Wealth Walk into a Chinese restaurant (even in Oklahoma, USA), a Chinese police station, a kung fu martial arts studio or even a Chinese temple and you often see a red faced warrior holding a heavy quan-do (spear like weapon).
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Comments (5)
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This was very thought provoking. It has such a deeply personal context and yet the question posed extends universally. Very well done, Shaun!
-Passing down humor, instead bruises- Loved that line!
Reflective, Shaun. Our history makes us, doesn't it?
Know what you mean , some excellent thoughts her