Not Different To Joe Poem by Francis Duggan

His best days behind him to the forever gone
And the clock on his life as ever ticking on
He does look his age a seventy one years old man
But he wants to live on for as long as he can

His wife Katie died seven years ago
A good mum to their son and daughter and a good wife to Joe
Eight times a grandfather time has left him walking slow
Of life's ups and downs he is one who does know

A man who loves life that's how he seems to me
On the town park pathway walking him i often does see
He always greets me with a cheerful good day
A very nice man in his own charming way

Four decades have passed since he was in his prime
Eventually we all become victims of time
Yes time eventually becomes everyone's foe
In that way any of us are not different to Joe.