You Deserved Better

YOU     DESERVED      BETTER


You’ve given me everything you could
And I haven’t always responded as I should
You deserved to have a better son than me
That’s plain enough for me  to see
Mum, I  haven’t always behaved like a perfect son
But I think now  I’ve finished all the work that you’ve begun.


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(Written in 2011  for my  mother,  who passed away in 1971)

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011



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Date: 1/16/2011 12:42:00 PM
Sydney; Masterful! Congratulations, such profound feeling!
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Date: 1/14/2011 4:21:00 AM
Congratulations on your win in Gareth James's contest "Last Words To A Loved One" Sydney. Love, Carol
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Date: 1/13/2011 9:29:00 AM
Congratulations on a wonderful first place win. I enjoyed the read. Caryl
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Date: 1/12/2011 10:58:00 AM
Congrats on such a touching write... very beautiful...
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Date: 1/12/2011 2:23:00 AM
Congrats, Sydney. Even though this is a short poem, it packed a punch! Very moving and a great funeral piece.
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Date: 1/12/2011 12:45:00 AM
astonishd! Cheers on the high win, sydney!!
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Date: 1/11/2011 5:51:00 PM
Congrats Syd on another number one well deserved win my friend.. a great entry for the contest and deeply moving too.. enjoy your spot at the top luv..
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Date: 1/11/2011 4:44:00 PM
Congratulations on the first place in the contest of gareth, Sydney
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Date: 1/11/2011 4:11:00 PM
Congratulations on taking first place in Gareth's wonderful contest, Syd!! So happy for you. What a terrific entry you had. Love, Carolyn
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Date: 1/5/2011 11:32:00 AM
She'd be very proud of the way you turned out, Syd. Tomorrow is the second anniversary of my father's death and I hope I can still find a way to make him proud as he watches over me from heaven. A very moving poem, my friend. Love, Carolyn
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Date: 1/5/2011 4:15:00 AM
A lovely honest piece - Sydney - Happy New Year - Liz
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Date: 1/5/2011 3:56:00 AM
Nice tribute you have paid to your mother. I think you deserved the love of your mother as you have finished the work that she began, Sydney
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