In Our Own Way Poem by Francis Duggan

The most of us worry a bit every day
We worry what others think of us or say
And we worry for our lack of material success
We have this need in us others for to impress

Many of us wish to be popular and to others well known
But our private and personal matters we protect as our own
And few of us without some secrets of the mind
Even those who crave to be centre of attention too can be secretive kind

So many their own praises do love to sing
The nourishment of the ego can be a popular thing
At community and social gatherings and wherever people meet
So many for to be noticed with each other compete

And yet there are those who in their ways are quite shy
Who for to become well known feel no desire for to try
They never does yearn for material wealth and renown
And are not even well known in their neighbourhood of the town

And even those with many friends do not go through life without foes
This is how humanity works one does have to suppose
No two exactly the same in truth one can say
And many of us are so different in our own way.