Are we any different to other creatures we are born and grow old and die <br />My next door neighbour's border collie seems no less a mortal than I <br />Well anyway that's how I see it though most with me would disagree <br />But everyone has their opinion and we all look at life differently <br />I have lived for more than six decades young people would see me as old <br />And I know when I am gone forever that my life story will not be told <br />But that does not cause me any worry to know others me will not recall <br />Such a thing I don't see as important as not one bit important at all <br />Death's part of life why should we fear it 'tis the fear of death that we do fear <br />When I am gone leave me to Nature for my death do not shed a tear <br />Out of woman-kind we were all born and we quickly age and fade away <br />And each night and day that we live through is one nearer to our last night and day <br />To me my neighbour's border collie is no less a mortal than me <br />Though many they would beg to differ and with what I say would disagree.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-me-my-neighbour-s-border-collie/
