What's in a name? It is the age old question. Truth be told, we all have names. And for the most part, they are all different, but they are also the same. They are all names. Just as we all have individual thoughts and emotions which are distinctive. The essence of those thoughts and emotions are exclusive but their core is the same. So many similarities but still unique, just like our names. The poems within are culled from my thoughts and emotions then shaped by memories. Once again, like yours. Different but the same. I hope that somewhere within the contrast, you will find the likeness that runs through us all.