Charlotte Grace

You’re here beside me, Charlotte Grace:
your driving licensed name and face
are looking up from pink surroundings,
pink like newborn cheeks, surrounded
by your family, their friends, their
hopes, concerns and expectations.

Your name: your parents’ choice.
Your face: your parents’ legacy.

You’re looking up at me, who named,
baptised myself and I, with all my
hopes, concerns and expectations,
smile back at Charlotte Grace, my sister.