For some of us there may not be a tomorrow but life goes on no matter who comes or goes <br />The rose tree stem this year that had a rose upon her will next year give birth to another rose, <br />The President dies and for weeks the people mourn him but the grass without him in the fields will grow <br />And life goes on as life has gone on always no matter who may come or who may go. <br /> <br />The Monarch dies and there is widespread mourning but life goes on without her just the same <br />Her eldest son will be proclaimed the Monarch and she will rest in peace she had her fame <br />And the old bloke in his prime a famous athlete is looking gray and tired and walking lame <br />And life of course it will go on as usual and the Reaper doesn't respect title or name <br /> <br />Yes the Reaper name or title does not worship he treats the king and pauper just the same <br />And the Reaper has stalked the Planet forever for centuries <br />before and after Jesus came <br />And life goes on despite the death of the famous and not one yet has returned for to say <br />That there is definitely a life here after and they live in an Eden far away. <br /> <br />Life goes on and the grass will grow as usual and time and tide for anyone doesn't wait <br />And the reaper always stalking for new victims and everyone he will claim soon or late <br />And the moon will rise and we will have tides as usual and the sun at dawn will light up the sky <br />And the babies born yesterday growing older and one day nearer to the day they die.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/life-goes-on-33/
