Your Name - A Taboo

There was a time
When your name was held with pride
A time when people hear your name,
They look up to you as their idol,
A time, when everyone rejoiced
When your arrival was announced…

Today, your name is considered a taboo
Kith and kin hang their head in shame
To take your name…
Wistful were your actions
Shameful were you deeds
Your pride is passé with time.

Your actions are a disgrace
Nullification is what you brought
Had you recapitulated
You’d have still clung onto your pride
People would have celebrated you
Worshiped you in temples

But nefarious that you were
Heinous were your crimes…
Preposterous that you were,
None could as abhorrent as you!
Reprehensible you are
To be called a …………!