The Fact Of The Matter Poem by Francis Duggan

For you and me and everyone a last sunrise
As we are born as mortals this much we realize
And all mortals are born eventually for to die
For the cow and the sheep the same for you and i
The average human life span of years is three score and ten
Though women on average live a few years longer than men
The Reaper of lives claims the lives of young and old and of those in their lives prime
And can call on anyone at anytime
Though you may be one others may not forget
For you too there will be a last sunset
Each dawn to our last dawn brings us one day more near
So many will not see the birth of next year
The fact of the matter and fact never lie
Is the longer we live the sooner we will die.