Member Poem

Her life’s score inscribed with struggle’s strain,
Yet higher than hunger’s brass blasts rang her refrain.
Love’s purest notes from generous heart composed -
Seven youths from her sacrifice arose.
Too early the maestro at her side was stilled,
His movement in life’s symphony unfulfilled.
Single-handed she continued to conduct
Our family orchestra, her devotion’s product.
Poverty’s cacophonies she masterfully muted,
With want’s discordant refrains, our home’s peace saluted.
Hunger’s unrhythmic strains could not silence her soul’s
Mellifluous refrains, her bright songful roles.
Though life’s composers endangered her score,
Garmia’s resilient spirit of fered much more
Than want’s atonal blasts from thriving could reap -
Transcendent lyric legacies for her brood to keep.