And What Are We Poem by Francis Duggan

And what are we but water, blood and bone
And one day we will be lifeless as a stone
We live for awhile and then we fade and die
In that way the monarch is no different to I.

And what are we but mortals little more
I sense no life beyond this Earthly shore
The great one who sacrificed himself for our sins on a cross on Calvary
I wish he had not died for those like me.

The elite sports person and the big movie star
How marvellous they well may think they are
But time on them it also ticks away
And the reaper will claim the life from them one day.

And what are we but mortals after all
Before we walked we had to learn to crawl
Of Nationality we always brag
Our pride is carried in our Nation's flag.

And what are we I ask myself again
When we lose a friend an enemy we gain
The clock ticks on and time on none does wait
And on us all there is a use by date.