One Can Only Hope Poem by Francis Duggan

One can only hope that a Universal Paradise for good people is not based on a lie
That we are not born to a terminal life and then to forever die
Otherwise what point in living a good life if we die and are no more
If there is no such a thing as a Universal Paradise beyond this Earthly shore
The average human life three score and ten years in time not a lengthy span
'Tis said that woman on average by a few years outlive the man
On looking back the decades we recall how time did fly
From our twenties to our sixties the years went quickly by
At the end the wealthy one and the pauper become equal and the same
So there must be more to life than material things such as money and fame
For their faith religious people one can only admire
And if to live as good people such does them inspire
And in helping others due to love of their God brings to them happiness
Then of their lives they are making a success.