Found the words to say so now here it goes
I hope you don't mind I'm not very good at Prose
Younger than my mother, yet grandmother to me
Sister to my father, an Aunt also to me
Although I was estranged when my father passed away
you still made a connection when I was far away
Aunt, Grandmother, Mother, the roles that you were dealt
persevering till the end and all was heartfelt
I wish I knew you better, but that was not to be
The day my father died, I was lost to his family
Somehow I was found, and phone calls they were made
The letters that you wrote me I still have to this day
I wish I would have told you - your phone calls in the past
were a beacon in the darkness -some questions answered at last
Please know I appreciate all that you have done
Grandmother, Aunt, Mother, to many not just one
Rest in Peace Martha fka Atrum
Wife of Frank fka Rolling Mountain Thunder
Creator of Thunder Mountain Monument
Imlay, Nevada
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