Some People Say Poem by Francis Duggan

Some people say in life you can be successful at anything that you might wish to be
Successful at but what is success since what is successful to you may not be so to me
And when you say anyone can be successful on that with you i choose to disagree
You will not find many among the wealthy and the famous who have started life in extreme poverty
But having said this it is a truism that poverty is a relative thing
Though of the hungry and the homeless of the big town the praises of you will not hear many sing
Though many of them in their own ways quite successful since in their harsh living environment they survive
And that in itself for them a great achievement since their circumstance in life of hope them do deprive
To many success comes in the accumulation of money the billionaire is one many look up to and admire
A poor and homeless person of the big city anyone to greatness never does inspire
Though such people against the odds surviving as the poor victims of bad circumstance
And of any success in their lives they have never have had much of a chance
Some people say anyone can be successful though what is true success can be hard to define
We all in our ways look at life quite different and your idea of success is different to mine.