Ode To Greatness lyrics

Her heart was pure

Her patience endless

Even in tired love

Her greatness undeniable

In a woman of humility

With hands caring so

Ones swollen, weathered

That years shown toil

Toil for others needs

She stepped in adroit

A companion widowed

A heart so very grand

Early before the sun shone

Before the day even awoke

Her tired hands set busy

The wonderous odors

Oh so fragrant, tantalizing

None there are today

Her aches and pains

They came in second

I could not know then

The years have been sown

The baking goes undone

The love leavened so

Now only tears recall

Her memories so fond

Thought endless, foolishly so

But life goes on always

And grown up, now gone

Fond, precious times remain

Oh, that I could tell her

To see that simple smile

And a merry laugh sincere

Since she came by marriage

When her spouse perished

She was cast aside, unkindly

That children, adults would

Could be so, to such loyalty

To such gentle patience

They hid their misdeeds

In lies, in rationalizations

What absolution could be

To evict by necessity

That she would be returned

To her family natural

Such a horrid crime done

Covering the heinous wrong

And time hath abetted so

Now in years passing

To know the wrongdoing

Firsthand, empathy weeps

If God hears a good soul

Then heed a modest request

In hers, an ode to greatness

That the flares of industry

Burn bright for her memory

There is hope for common men