The Words Of A Wise Person Poem by Francis Duggan

The words of a wise person i do recall
In life you may win some but you cannot win them all
For one to win others lose it is this way
And there are winners and losers in life every day
For a few wealthy people many in poverty
This is how it is and it always will be
Some say one door open when another does close
There are many an up and down in life one has to suppose
By their circumstance of birth many people of a fair go in life are denied
The people who do not have a god on their side
The reaper of lives treat all people as the same
The lives of the poor and those of wealth and fame
In life you may win some but you cannot win them all
And to the scythe of the reaper everyone eventually does fall.