Some Of Those I Went To School With Poem by Francis Duggan

Some of those i went to school with in Millstreet did stay
And some from there living in Lands far away
And some of them amongst the deceased do lay
All human life is terminal as the wise one does say
No two journeys in life exactly the same
We all have different life ambitions for want of a better name
The Millstreet i grew up in has changed from the past
But then few things in life as the same ever last
Most of the mentors of my younger years are now among the dead
And of my generation only old age ahead
And only the memories of what was remain
And what used to be cannot be again
I have shed the last of my nostalgic tears
And most of those i went to school with i have not seen for years.