My Totally Amazing Dad
Always been blessed with “stick-to-it-ness”
Got it from my dear old dad
He rode a pedal bike 360 sixty miles each way
Took four days there four days back!
At any age, that's quite an accomplishment
But my dad was sixty years old
From Montreal to Toronto each way
A feat so gruelling, so bold
A wee one of eleven back in nineteen forty-six
Didn't hit me till many years later
The impact of his enormous accomplishment
It then seemed a whole lot greater
Been telling this proud tale wherever I go
Bout inheriting his “stick-to-it-ness”
Don't think I can even come close to matching
The resolve and dedication he possessed
Copyright © Jack Ellison | Year Posted 2022
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