My Name 

By Gavin Bowyer

A wonder, a wonder

My name is a stumper

Be careful, tread lightly

You may just blunder

My home my heart

A so special part

My parents devised it

They are so smart

Many inquire

Is it so strange?

To be one whole person

With two different names

I do not whine

Nor cower in fright

Despite my misfortune

A heavy plight

Beware this

Do not misconstrue

A misfortune perhaps

But my love is true

My past,

My future,

All of me,

Lovingly embodied

In words, just three

So here I live

3 different names

Responding to any

No need for games

Send for Peter

My name, unheard

Call me Gavin

My greeting, at first

Or even Bowyer

My history, affirmed

No matter what

My attention will be earned

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