What Happened Yesterday Poem by Francis Duggan

What happened yesterday is done and gone
Today is another day and life goes on
And yesterday's failure a dent to my pride
I may have failed but at least my best i tried
And to the winner the big cheque was paid
And to the winner went the accolade
And many have to lose for one to win
Yet at dawn another day it does begin
We cannot change what has happened yesterday
For such is life and life it is that way
We can know of success even past our prime
And there is another day and another time
When others they will sing our praises loud
And we will hear the clapping of the crowd.