The Best That You Can Be Poem by Francis Duggan

You only can be the best that you can be
And to live in the moment would you not agree
Tomorrow is coming and yesterday has gone
And life as we know it of course will go on
In the nineteen fifties i was dunce of the primary school
But nobody cares now if i then was a fool
Are the bright boys of the school then now any better off than i
Since like me they grow older and like me they must die
In life as we live we must give to receive
On such a philosophy i do believe
And a fair go to anyone we ought not to deny
To all races and all people this has to apply
Yes you only can be the best that you can be
And live in the moment would you not agree?