Poetry - Lynn White

Legacy

Vera Lynn was a famous singer,

the Forces Sweetheart, no less.

My mother was Vera,

so I should be Lynn.

My mother liked things to be

right.

But even more than

the correctness

of Vera and Lynn,

she abhorred diminutives.

They were definitely not

right.

So I must have a name

which could not be shortened.

Joy was a contender, but,

just suppose that

I was a weepy child.

That name would not fit me.

For me it would not have been

right.

She needn’t have worried.

But worry she did.

So, Lynn it was

and Lynn I am.

My legacy

from my

mother.

First Published By Silver Birch Press in All About My Name Series, June, 2015