The Battle Of Life Poem by Francis Duggan

By dying for your Country would you not agree
That you will live on in your Country's war history
But of their worries and cares you will not set your Country's women and men free
The battle of life is enough of war for me

The battle of life has left me looking old and gray
It is a war that i must wage every day
To keep living on through times that are tough
The battle of life for me battle enough

One of my aged neighbors by time left old and gray
A surviving hero from a war fought in a Land far away
His best days in life to the forever gone
But with his battle in life he must carry on

At my grave the Last Post will never be played
But from the living memory i will be happy to fade
When my battle in life it has come to an end
And this too will happen why otherwise pretend

Live every day as if it is your last and one day you will be right
And in your battle of life do keep up the good fight
It is a battle i must wage every day
Life is a battle as some do like to say.