The clock on our lives it keeps ticking away <br />And for many today it will be their last day <br />Time for anyone of us does not seem to wait <br />And on each one of us there is a use by date <br />The longer we live the sooner we will die <br />A wise one said that one far wiser than I <br />And though the longest human life in time is not a very long span <br />Most do want to live for as long as they can <br />Yet some who are torn by great inner strife <br />Come to the decision to take their own life <br />But the majority value life as a great thing <br />And to the greatest of all gifts to the end they do cling <br />For many today it will be their last day <br />We must die for others we have to make way.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-clock-on-our-lives-it-keeps-ticking-away/
