This Is How It Does Seem To Be Poem by Francis Duggan

The things in life that does interest you do not interest me
Quite different in our ways of thinking on few things we seem to agree
But our different ways of thinking does make us more interesting as some have been known for to say
No two are on the same life's journey in life we go on our own way
Than me you are four decades younger in your prime and full of youthful elan
You have such great plans for your future a very ambitious young man
In love and in your mid twenties with the woman who will be your wife
But the flame of true love it can flicker some loves do not have a long life
As for me i am well into my sixties my better days are in the past
When i was your age i too was ambitious but the will to succeed in life in me did not last
Some will tell you that you can be materially successful if this is what in life you do choose
But not everyone can be wealthy and famous for one to win many must lose
Years ago i like you was ambitious but now i see things differently
As we age we lower our expectations this is how it does seem to be.