I Have Been Lucky Poem by Francis Duggan

I have been lucky in life luckier than most one can say
In the beauty i see around me every day
Pink and white blossoms are blooming on the leaf budding fruit trees
And the songs of the birds carrying in the freshening breeze
That blow up the hill from the park by the bay
And in the mostly blue and sunny sky just a few clouds of gray
The countryside looking lush and green after the recent rain
With such pleasant weather how could one complain
Such beauty an artist or writer to sketch or write would inspire
Of singing Nature's praises one never could tire
In early September the first month of the southern Spring
The nest building wild birds chirp whistle and sing
And Nature at her finest is all around me
Such beauty that one does not pay for to see.