Poem to fallen comrade reaches far >From Calgary to Florida to Wales to Time to work and time to play, Kitchener, this poem by former Oakville Watch a sunset after day, real estate agent Arnie Hanenberg, a Watch my garden grow in May, WW2 RCAF veteran, has become a You bought me time! favourite among veterans and church congregations. Written in 1995, Arnie Stanley Cups and Super Bowls, Hanenberg’s simple poem has receive Worked at my job -- achieved my goals, widespread attention ever since, Wore many hats -- played many roles, especially on Remembrance Day: You bought me time! YOU BOUGHT ME TIME Fifty years and even more, You gave your lives in World War II, I’ve lived since that so costly war, And even though I fought with you No aircraft whine, no cannon roar, I lived -- was it my due? You bought me time! You bought me time! And now I’m over seventy, Time to see my family grow, I’ve had a life both full and free, See my grandkids faces glow -- I thank you all eternally -- Things that you will never know, You bought me time! You bought me time! -- Arnie Hanenberg