For Many I Have Been A Rhymer Poem by Francis Duggan

For many years i have been a rhymer and for far longer a rhyming buff
One of those addicted to rhyming i have penned a whole heap of stuff
And yet i am one who does stand for something and that is a fair go for all
And that is a fair go for everybody i never celebrate another's downfall
Some people's idea of a fair go is a fair go for their own kind
For to empathize with those different to their own needs and feelings they never seem the least inclined
Their idea of a fair go is narrow a fair go for themselves and their own
Their idea of the world is a small one and apart from their sort of thinking i have grown
It is true indeed death does make us equal in death the celebrated and the unknown are the same
The Reaper of lives treats the life of the pauper and the billionaire and those who are unknown to fame
As the lives of the snail and the worm the life forms none do celebrate
Yet you will never hear the Reaper described as impartial or great
I write rhymes for my own enjoyment others i have no wish for to impress
But a fair go for all i believe in a gift i feel proud to possess.