I Just Wish Poem by Francis Duggan

What others think of me is their business like my business it is my own
Peer pressure nowadays does not phase me since that sort of stuff I've outgrown
I'm not one to follow the leader though the praises of some i do sing
And I've no wish to lead or to influence others i just wish to do my own thing
I just wish to grow old in peace now and i just want to live and let live
And i just wish to be a better person and i want to forget and forgive
All those who have grudges against me since i do not bear them a grudge
I want to be friends with my foes now since for big brother I'm not a judge
That i am not one of life's successes does not seem to bother me now
I am at the doorstep of sixty and I've made it through the hard times somehow,
I've learned to live with my lack of success and I've battled my ghosts of despair
And i find that life is a battle though people like me are not rare
One who is financially embarrassed and my better days they are long gone
But leave my last day be the hardest and i wish for to keep keeping on.