Cool and calm and collected ...These are All such awesome traits
But how does a man portray them when so worried for his mates
Not many could front up to be so honest and forthright
Especially not continually and not for so many nights
The Turmoil deep inside you must have been tearing you apart
But you swallowed all that anguish and delivered from the heart
Brave is not the word... That describes your week of hell
Not only coping with the families ...but with the media as well
If ever there was a model to who’s character I would aspire
Pike River’s Peter Whittall’s would have to be my first desire
Stoic, strong and true ....and just plain brave beyond belief
You've won the heart of most Pete, as you've led us thru this grief
I think I've heard it said that you're from across the Tassie ditch
Mate that isn't a problem.....well ...perhaps just a little glitch
Nothing that can't be solved I'm sure most people will attest
You are now an adopted KIWI and perhaps, one of the very best
A truly deep and caring man... Whose pain was put aside
To report about his men ...in whom he couldn't mask his pride
You are a legend Peter, one who I would be proud to call a mate
You are very much a KIWI...one who’s hand I'd like to shake
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What the families of the Pike River coalminers must have been going through - then and now - I cannot imagine.
