I Do Have My Worries Poem by Francis Duggan

I do have my worries know of inner strife
But I want to live to be old for I do love life
And in feeling this way I know I'm not alone
A lifeless human body as lifeless as a stone
'Tis the thought of death I fear of that why should I lie
And I want to live on why should I wish to die
The fact I do have to die I wish I could change
Oh you in love with death I do find you quite strange
I want to live on but not in poverty
Your talk of success does mean nothing to me
I'd feel happy to live in a small house by the sea
Near where the waves of saltwater rumble ceaselessly
Why should I care who remembers me when the life from me gone
And though I do have my worries I want to live on.