This Is How Life Can Be Poem by Francis Duggan

The gift of life only comes to us by chance
And our life successes or lack of such can depend on Birth circumstance
For the children born of poor parents it is uphill all of the way
From the moment they are born till their lives final day
How we fare in our lives may be our destiny
At least anyhow that's how it seems to me
Yet success in life as such can be hard to be defined
My idea of success is happiness born of peace of mind
Though with that sort of thinking many may not agree
At least anyhow that's how it seems to me
The one who is born to be monarch one day
Is privileged by birthright as some like to say
What is born as a non flower cannot bloom as a rose
This is how life can be one would have to suppose.