A Time Off Somewhere

Poem about how I got my name

A little child in ‘79
Clinging to the T.V. screen
Devastated at a love so lost,
Inspired by a lovely find.
“My first daughter will bear that name”
The ten-year-old breathed.
Tears tampered, dampening the child’s
Face.

Such an uncommon name
So commonly misplaced.
Elise McKenna—
Jane Seymour’s role
That played with the heartstrings
On ten-year-old girls
Wishing to be like her
But with luck,
Love.

What else is there to say
About a time so far away
A name
Somewhere in Time.