Sidney Beck Poet Epitaph

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)

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Rick Rucker January 16, 2011 at 12:42 PM Sydney; Masterful! Congratulations, such profound feeling!

Carol Sunshine Brown January 14, 2011 at 4:21 AM Congratulations on your win in Gareth James's contest "Last Words To A Loved One" Sydney. Love, Carol

Caryl Muzzey January 13, 2011 at 9:29 AM Congratulations on a wonderful first place win. I enjoyed the read. Caryl

Michael J. Falotico January 12, 2011 at 10:58 AM Congrats on such a touching write... very beautiful...

Gareth James January 12, 2011 at 2:23 AM Congrats, Sydney. Even though this is a short poem, it packed a punch! Very moving and a great funeral piece.

Nette Onclaud January 12, 2011 at 12:45 AM astonishd! Cheers on the high win, sydney!!

Linda-Marie Sweetheart January 11, 2011 at 5:51 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..

Dr.Ram Mehta January 11, 2011 at 4:44 PM Congratulations on the first place in the contest of gareth, Sydney

Carolyn Devonshire January 11, 2011 at 4:11 PM Congratulations on taking first place in Gareth's wonderful contest, Syd!! So happy for you. What a terrific entry you had. Love, Carolyn

Carolyn Devonshire January 5, 2011 at 11:32 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

Liz Walsh January 5, 2011 at 4:15 AM A lovely honest piece - Sydney - Happy New Year - Liz

Dr.Ram Mehta January 5, 2011 at 3:56 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