Francis Duggan Poems

In a Human World where love rules there would not be discrimination of gender or race
And for fear and hatred of others in our minds there would not be a place
We would not have misogyny, xenophobia, nationalism and patriotism that to wars that can lead
And of terrorism, murder and violence we would not hear of or of read
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Since i was last in old Duhallow there has been many a Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring
And only in visualizations nowadays i can hear a robin sing
On a leafy silver birch tree when the hawthorns are cloaked in their white blooms of the May
I miss the green fields of Duhallow and i do think of them every day
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There is fact in the saying and fact never lie
That the longer you live the sooner you will die
Since death for everyone is an inevitable thing
Though most people to their very last breath of air to life does cling
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The old fields i loved in my memory remain
And though physically i may never walk on them again
The visual memories of them i do retain
In Spring green and resplendent in their wildflowers after recent rain
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He does hate all women just because of his ex wife
Twenty years ago she walked out of his life
And took with her their young son and daughter to start a new life elsewhere
In a distant town in the big World out there
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Though his fans in his lifetime in numbers did grow
I cannot shed a tear for one i did not know
And though he was one who had fans Worldwide
From the reaper of lives nowhere for him to hide
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Time does age youth as the wise one does say
And there is a story in every hair of gray
The worriers in mid life are showing stress decay
Looking older than they are it does seem this way
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If she or he does look well it does not mean that physically they feel this way
Since that looks can deceive seems only true to say
One cannot judge a car by the body since the engine of the car may not be running well
Of any flaws under the bonnet only a motor mechanic can tell
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You are one with plenty money to give you your due
And money in life is most important is only too true
You live at a fashionable uptown address
But despite your money and material assets the reaper of lives you cannot impress
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If there is a true god that god is for everyone
And not only for the monarch and her daughter and son
And not only for the celebrities admired for their wealth and fame
The true god would treat everyone as the same
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