Francis Duggan Poems

I am far from perfect to say otherwise on my behalf would be deceit
But the perfect person i have yet to meet
To be flawed is to be human as the wise one does say
This is how it is and will always be this way
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At social and community gatherings where people do meet
For attention with each other some do compete
The look at me syndrome is alive and well
Some people need to be noticed their egos to swell
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Some tell you that you receive from life what is only your due
But this in itself it is not always true
The small creature of the wilderness with the weak voice
Was born to be preyed on in this it does not have a choice
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Old memories die hard as the wise one does say
The sight and song of a greenfinch carries me far away
To groves and to fields i have not seen for years
For what used to be i have shed my last tears
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Above the brown paddock she soar as she fly
The mighty brown monarch of the southern sky
A female wedgetailed eagle Australia's largest bird of prey
You only see her soaring on a calm and clear day
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You yearn for material wealth and fame
That yours will become a widely known name
But you should only wish to live as a kinder woman or man
And as a person be good as you possibly can
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Like the journeyman boxer often down but not counted out
By life poor Joe he has been battered about
Ahit and run driver in his mid twenties condemned him to life in a wheelchair
For some people life can seem very unfair
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It followed me here from the bogs far away
And for as long as i live in my mind bound to stay
Above the brown bog on an evening in May
The song of the curlew is with me today
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To your own self try to remain as true
And always give credit to who it is due
And leave it to others your praises to sing
Though nowadays to many self praise an in thing
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In thousands of kilometers far north of this southern shore
In the countryside between Millstreet and Rathmore
The nesting songbirds of Nature are singing today
As the rain drizzles down from the low clouds of gray
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