Describe a family member.

My mother’s name was Margaret

I’ve told her life in verse.

I told it in a full length book

You’ll find it if you search.

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She had an awful childhood.

She never knew her dad.

They used to blame the kids back then

And she was treated bad.

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Sad inside she hurt a lot

But always liked a laugh

Surrounded by her family

Was all she ever asked.

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Skinny when she married

She’d eat when she felt sad

So much love to spread around

Alas her health was bad.

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Margaret was a soldier’s wife

She travelled quite lot.

But in the end she settled down

Content with what she’d got.

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For her that meant a family

And she was at its heart.

I hope that we made up a bit

For Margaret’s awful start.

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She said she’d write her story

But of course she never did.

That is why I wrote my book.

I hope you’ll take a look.