A Woman of Substance

 

She possessed a natural charm and elegance

with her beauty concealed only by age

Her clothes were simple, not extavagant

chosen with great care and taste

She spoke English faultlessly

with no hint of accent or affectation

A woman always composed 

unruffled by any calamity or chaos

She worked assidiously and with precision

self sufficient with well thought out views

A survivor of Coventry´s night of hell

and a witness to her young son´s death

At an airshow he was invited to fly

the pilot lost control killing both

She witnessed the event

and had even consented to it

One day she sat silently 

and said that she could no longer cry

all her tears had been fully spent