I do not know what it feels like to be wealthy though I've never known poverty <br />And I feel I am a lucky fellow as lack of food will never kill me <br />And I've never been a displaced person and left to live with the bad memory <br />Of camp life on the fringe of the desert the lot of the poor refugee. <br /> <br />I do not know what it feels like to be Homeless without a roof over my head <br />Without a mattress for to sleep on and a warm and comfortable bed <br />One might say I am rather lucky life for some must be living hell <br />Compared to some I have it easy and I am one who lives rather well. <br /> <br />I do not know how it feels to be hungry and to go to sleep hungry at night <br />And of food I have always had plenty for to appease my appetite <br />And so many without a future in a World where many have more than enough <br />And I feel I am rather lucky since I never have known it tough. <br /> <br />I do not know how it feels like to be suicidal one on the brink of despair <br />One without a purpose in living whose life dreams are shattered beyond repair <br />I am a very lucky fellow my life not so bad over all <br />And I have some marvellous memories that I feel happy to recall. <br /> <br />I do not know how it feels like to suffer from prolonged depression and only know unhappiness <br />And have to live life without laughter enmeshed in a cocoon of stress, <br />Suppose I am one lucky fellow I enjoy a good laugh every day <br />And even in my darkest moments happiness from me not far away.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-do-not-know-3/
