A SONG OF MY HERO'S LIFE

          A SONG OF MY HERO'S LIFE

I knew that I would have you in my life
the first time that I saw your lilting smile
but never thought to think I'd be your wife
till I had seen  you toil yet one more mile

for anyone who seemed to need your aid
You always gave not caring what the cost:
mankind, "the cause," my kin, friends/foes. You stayed
when most would not have cared and I'd have lost

my faithful friend who always by me stood
though there were times when grief was all I gave!
Your giving up I would have understood
You, in wisdom, gentleness instead were brave

What force does not let you capitulate
but keeps you showering love instead of hate?

                    Marta Esperanza Edgcombe
                    March 3, 1999
For Frank

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See separate Spanish version written May 19, 2002
"CANCION A MI HEROE"
in section below this one