You Should Feel Lucky Poem by Francis Duggan

You should feel lucky who you are you have good hands and feet
And you can walk unassisted on the flag walks of the street
Some people spend their waking hours sitting in a wheelchair
You cannot say that life to you is in any way unfair

You should feel lucky who you are you have good hearing and eyes
That everyone are not this lucky you ought to realize
Some people do not hear a word that others do say
And some they never have looked on the bright lamp of the day

And though you are one who does crave financial wealth
You ought to feel thankful for your gift of good health
The billionaire dying of cancer envies the likes of you
That good health is more important than financial wealth happens for to be true

You have a nice wife, healthy children a good job and home and good car
You ought to feel thankful for how lucky you are
But you feel that by life you have been hard done by
Which just goes to prove that some people are hard to satisfy.