Mary
I can still feel her presence around me
a karma that drew everyone so near
She smiled in the face of disaster
shedding light to calm the fears
She raised near on seven kids
hardly a pot to put a pea
Yet love with courage flowed in heart
and her soul was cleansed and free
Through the troubles she encountered
taxing heart with weaken soul
She gave more than anyone could give
finally answered to God's highest scroll
My mother-in-law and mentor
a Christian lady to meet the divine
I will never understand God's need for
taking the best before their time