She Cannot Be Called A Quitter

She has lived with many men in her time a mother but never a wife
And she knows about the great battles that are part and parcel of life
She has recovered from major heart surgery brought on by a massive heart attack
And she cannot be called a quitter when down she rises and she fights back.

No substitute for life experience and plenty of that she has known
Her two sons now in their mid thirties have school going children of their own
She lives in a one bedroom basement apartment in the working class side of the town
To be one of life's great survivors is her only claim to renown.

A gap in her mouth two of her upper front teeth missing for teeth replacement she can't afford to pay
In her younger years she was attractive the years have left her wrinkled and gray
She has been a victim of male violence for life's experience in pain she did pay
But she will tell you that all men are not women beaters that most of her ex lovers to her were okay.

She is one you will not hear complaining though of the hard life she has known
One in her mid to latter fifties she will live into old age alone
I often see her in the Parkland a very nice person to meet
When she smiles one can't help but notice the gap caused by her missing teeth.