Francis Duggan Poems

The truth can be mentally painful when to some it is told
But the one who speaks the truth is daring and bold
For the one who publishes the truth there can be a huge consequence
Especially when governments see it as a federal offense
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Good governments unite people and bad governments people divide
Those who voted against them good governments try to woo to their side
Since division is bad for the Country they come to realize
The leaders in good governments are pragmatic and wise
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Human life comes with the good and the bad
Moments of laughter and times of feeling sad
Not every day can be a happy day
As life goes on and time ticks away
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There is more to life than money and fame
Though to many these two are important just the same
For so many do daydream of wealth and renown
Of being known and revered far beyond their hometown
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She was a rare beauty in her physical prime
But this is going back many Seasons in time
Beauty is quick to fade beyond it's full bloom
And she is no longer the Pride of Macroom
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I feel lucky every day in the beauty i do see
A beautiful bird singing on a sunlit tree
In beautiful colours black, white and gold
So beautiful to listen to and so lovely to behold
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That we are born to die it is obviously clear
But it is only the fear of death that we do fear
Even those who believe for the soul of a life after bodily death
Will struggle for life in their last living breath
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The weather slightly chilly and windy and behind clouds of gray
The sun at times from sight is hidden away
Which is not unusual for the southern May
But the birds they are singing in Mushera today
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Your past remains with you like an unforgettable song
And wherever you go to with you it goes along
For some reason you may hide it from others but in you it will stay
For as long as you live until your last night and day
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That the self is important it does seem this way
But there is more to life than talking and thinking of self every day
The self centered sad to say not in the few
And this is not saying anything that is new
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