she was born in a cottage
two weeks too late
spent the rest of her life
making up for the delay.

had a babe at seventeen
another one at twenty.
lost the first to the war,
the second never came back home.

her lover died in the arms
of another woman
a waitress at the local salon
her man waiting at home.

sold her car, lost her house
even tried to kick it
but When she died, no one knew
and never would