Margaret, My Neighbor

Margaret, My Neighbor

by Bud Lemire on Dec 10, 2004

From a past of many hardships, she carried a heavy load

Spending much of her time, feeding animals on the 22nd road

Nature's creatures helped her, to carry on her life

But times weren't very pleasant, in her role as a wife

She raised her two sons, and worked hard on the farm

Never giving up, she kept her boys from harm

Grew up in Chicago, and then she moved away

She loved her life in Michigan, she smiled everyday

Hungarian roots, her family history there

It is in her blood, cats crave for her care

She's connected to the creatures, who walk on all fours

They touch her heart, and they do so much more

I met this wonderful lady, in the year 2004

At the Harbor Tower, we were neighbors on the fifteenth floor

She read all the poems, I'd hang upon my door

She loved working those number searches, she'd buy at the store

One day while smoking in the alley, she bent to put it out

She fell and broke her hip, it was a clean break no doubt

Now Margaret and her cat Tonya, are healing in their bed

While Alice down the hall, brings food that should be fed

I'm her neighbor, she calls me her third son

I've come to think of Margaret, as a special one

To my neighbor Margaret Feher.

Who is now in Heaven.