Black Sheep Ancestry

My name can be traced

back to 1012

King Gorm of Denmark

lived forty years

had three sons

who were Vikings

red hair and brawn

noble savages

raided and traded

sea-faring people

explorers, navigators

warriors, plunderers

ship builders, lovers.

Checkered past gave me

A name that I own

a black sheep ancestry

which gives me pride.