First name

[vagabond]

FIRST NAME

Cursed is that name which radiates across the room!
Queer is it's power to pierce the most soulful grin.
Withdrawing desires intended for the tomb,
Kindling sorrows neglected with the help of gin.



Its delivery, at first, stirred no emotion,                                    
It was merely the label on a dwelling soul.
In time, however, the title traded its role,
And came to be the object of devotion,
                       i think the meaning would not be destroyed if you keep to the rhyme scheme.. maybe like this
Its delivery, at first, stirred no emotion, 
In time, however, the title traded its role, 
And came to be the object of devotion,             
where before it named just a dwelling soul.


from audition on it prompted waves of desire          (just a suggestion)     
And a desperate longing for an amorous fate.
Unwilling at any moment to retire,
It became the relentless search for a soul mate. --------  i don´t know.. following the previous three lines i cannot help but grin at " relentless search for soul mate"

Hyphenating the name failed to mirror the dream,    
Projecting instead the cold fact, It would seem
That love, like life, is but a game governed by chance, 
Leaving at times the lover alone in his dance.      
same as second verse
Hyphenating the name failed to mirror the dream,
seems love, like life, is governed by chance                                    
Projecting instead the cold fact, It would seem
this time the lover is alone in his dance. 

       
In time the name invoked different feelings.                   which different feelings? somehow despite stating numbness i believe there´s more feeling hidden in between the lines of this verse than in the previous ones, but thats very subjective
Far from being a bright hope for what was to come
It became a cold memoir of the past's dealings,
Leaving the once capable body and soul numb

should i be able to guess the name from the poem´s contents? i ask myself as i still search for ... something.
and i think there´s contradictory statements ... first a reliance on some name, then a frustrated it´s all a game anyway, then game over in the end.