a kind man

the workday was over
there was nothing to do
I put my feet on the table
and opened the news
when I saw your photo
it leaped out at me
amid all the other
obituaries

(another verse goes here, but I don't know what it is yet)

and it read:
he was a kind man
he did the best he could
he raised two sons and a daughter
and he raised them good
he was honest, ain't no lie
he always looked you in the eye
and always tried 
to understand
he was a kind man