The Fear Of Death Poem by Francis Duggan

My best years of life in the past and long gone
But 'tis the fear of death makes us want to live on
Old age is a punishment as some do say
But for each one of us there's a last night and day
To the betterment of society I don't have much to give
But 'tis the fear of death that makes me want to live
Though for the good a blissful life after bodily death we so often do hear
But the fear of the unknown is not an unfounded fear
I want to live on for as long as I can
For to die in my sleep as a very old man
To nod off to forever without any pain
And to never be seen or remembered again
Of a blissful life after death for the good we do hear
But the fear of the unknown is what I do fear.