Whatever Happens To The Soul Poem by Francis Duggan

The longest lived human life is not long in time
People in their forties are well past their physical prime
Those who live for a century of years in the few
And this is not saying anything that is new
Whatever happens to the soul when the body does die
If i said that i knew it would be telling a lie
I leave this to those with a theology degree
Who claim to know far more about this than me
Any deceased person i have known or known of have not come back to me to tell
Of an afterlife for the soul or of a heaven or a hell
Of what does seem an unknown of some do claim to know
But of a life for the human soul after bodily death the mystery only does grow
I only wish to live for as long as i can
And die without pain as a very old man.