The Great Gift Of Life Is A Wonderful Thing Poem by Francis Duggan

Though life's journey's end from me cannot be far away
I feel happy when i wake for to greet each new day
To hear Nature's wild-born birds chirp and sing
The great gift of life is a wonderful thing
Since it is a fact of life and fact never lie
Like all other mortals one day i must die
But i hope to live on for as long as i can
And die in my sleep without pain as a very old man
That death is part of life does seem obviously clear
Like most it is only the fear of it that i do fear
To live to be old luck on your side you do need
And the precious gift of life is a great gift indeed
And though life's journey's end from me cannot be far away
I feel happy each morning to greet the new day.