Francis Duggan Poems

To fail never easy it always is tough
And though you tried your best your best not good enough
And though by one better than you this time you were beat
It is hard to smile in the face of defeat
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Here in the coastal countryside by Warrnambool
Far south of Millstreet Town where i went to school
Time has left me looking older and gray
One who has known of a far better physical day
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Our childhood years and our teenage years pass quickly as well as our lives prime
And eventually we all become victims of time
The lives journeys we are all on for all come to an end
Since we are born as mortals why otherwise pretend
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The life in us as we do age becomes like a flickering ember
And life's a journey that does end for all of us a last December
The Reaper of lives from all of us the gift of live eventually does sever
Jerome Brosnan quite a decent man is home in Kanturk forever
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I sing of the stream that babbles on it's way
Downhill to the river by night and by day
A journey that ends at the far ocean shore
The sound of it's babble is forever more
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A blustery wind blowing uphill from the bay
The rain falls in a light drizzle in the Moyne Shire today
And yet the weather temperature at a pleasant twenty degrees
And blossoms of many shades on the Summer flower bearing trees
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Far north of this countryside near the City of Warrnambool
In Millstreet Town i was a pupil in the Boys Primary School
The to be famous rally driver Billy Coleman was a pupil there then
Sometimes shy young fellow grow into brave young men
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It is one of those days that your thoughts are quite scattered
And with too much on your mind you feel mentally battered
On any one train of thought for long you cannot keep concentration
Like trying to listen to a radio program with many an intermingling station
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Change for the better as some like to say
But others they do not see it in this way
Since for change to occur old ways have to die
And that change is only a disappointment to some is not a lie
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Home is where your heart is only true to say
And home to you now from your first home in distance is far away
And in home to you now you hope for to stay
For as long as you live till your last night and day
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