Thank You Mum
\nby cricketjeff on November 18, 2021.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nThe best of lives, when finished, leave the World a better place
\nThan it would be if they had never been.
\nAnd now we’re facing living without you to lead the chase
\nTowards the hills where future sunshine’s seen.
\nYou never sought to bully or impose your point of view.
\nBut gave your love without a second thought.
\nYou always stood behind us giving praise where praise was due
\nAnd mended limbs whatever fights we fought.<\/p>\n
I’ve loved to see you laughing as new generations came,
\nI’ve hated seeing you in sad distress.
\nBut now your fight is over, you’re no longer in the game –
\nAnd thanks to you it’s not a bloody mess.
\nThe only thing that’s left to do is beat the muffled drum;
\nAnd say for all who’ve ears to hear, a heartfelt – “Thank you Mum!”<\/p>\n
Author notes
\nSylvia Green’s heart gave up an unequal struggle around nine in the morning on
\nTuesday, 94 years and 26 days into a life well lived. Four children, eight
\ngrandchildren and two great-grandchildren (perhaps the last thing she was told
\nand understood was that number 3 was on the way), along with countless friends
\nand acquaintances, are left to mourn her passing.
\nThank you Mum, it is over now, the World is certainly a better place than it
\nwould have been without your life. You have done more than your share. always,
\nbut the sky has lost a star. We are not sad that you died, life had become too
\nhard, but we are immensely sad that you are no longer here to talk to. We love
\nyou still and always will.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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