Many Who Thought They Were Indispensable Poem by Francis Duggan

Many who thought they were indispensable are now with the dead
But life does go on after after their eulogy is read
It is so silly to think that when life from your body has gone
That life in the World without you will not go on
Of some hard to replace seems a fair thing to say
But in any cemetery any indispensable person does not lay
Babies are born and people do die every day
And life does go on since this is life's way
And few who do die have their life stories told
And time ticks along and people grow old
The great forest tree will eventually fall
And time as is said does take care of us all
The reaper of lives on all lives has the say
And those who thought they were indispensable with the dispensable lay.