I have been seen as negative as one who doesn't believe in hope <br />And 'twould seem with day to day existence I find it hard to cope <br />But don't judge me by my verses as my verses are not me <br />And there is more to a person far more than the eye can see. <br /> <br />There is far more to people than what they write or say <br />For everybody looks at life in quite a different way <br />And from the mistakes that we make we have some price to pay <br />And why should one be seen as wise because their hair is gray? . <br /> <br />I write about the battler who has been scarred by life <br />And I write about the poor bloke who grieves for his dead wife <br />And I write about the down and out who always seems to lose <br />And the sad and battered woman that her husband did abuse. <br /> <br />I talk about the hungry who live from hand to mouth <br />And those who know of the hard life and what the hard times are about <br />And though I write about the many who live in poverty <br />Don't judge me by my verses for my verses are not me.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/do-not-judge-me-by-my-verses/
