'Tis Not Possible Poem by Francis Duggan

'Tis not possible to please everybody though try your best to do so you may
To help those of help who are in need of it you often go out of your way
The majority may sing your praises and due credit to you do pay
But the negative will never laud you since good of others they cannot say.

No you cannot please everybody as that seems an impossible thing
The fault finders will see flaws in you and your praises they never will sing
The majority of those you know may like you but you won't be loved by everyone
'Tis not in their nature to praise others you never hear them say well done.

Though you help others out of your sense of kindness and not for monetary gain
They doubt you for your generosity of spirit as they are they always remain
They think everybody else is like them their World revolves around me, myself and I
They look on the good and the caring as those who are living a lie.

'Tis impossible to please everybody like 'tis said you cannot win them all
Some people cannot help how they are in their ways they are very small
These people live in their own small Worlds and though to the higher self you may be true
They never will give you the credit the credit that is only your due.