DEAR GRANDAD - a poetic tribute to Ray Sinnamon

Written and Narrated by Clancy Sinnamon

Lyrics:

Dear Grandad,

Thank you for your time
As you enter your next life
Let me read you a rhyme
About you and your wife

And what you've created
3 beautiful souls
All closely related
With similar goals

To carry your flame 
Down through the ages
And remember your name
As they add new pages

3 granddaughters
3 grandsons
Now testing the waters
And flexing our guns

We looked up to you
More then you'll know 
And as we grew
You continued to show

How to be humble
And love what you've got
To help those who stumble
And give it your best shot

With a Calloused hand
You continued grazing
Your love of the land
Was something amazing

From dawn to dark
You fed this nation
Setting a benchmark
For every station

Until your last beat
You gave all you could
On your own two feet 
You did bloody good

You may not be here
To continue feeding
But it is clear
From what I am a reading

You were truly wholehearted
And we here all know
What you have started
Will continue to grow 

Thank you grandad
For the foundations you've laid
I am blessed and glad
To be something you made.