More Worthy To Admire Poem by Francis Duggan

You yearn for material wealth and fame
That yours will become a widely known name
But you should only wish to live as a kinder woman or man
And as a person be good as you possibly can
Be for this is all that does matter at your life's journeys end
That to many you have been a very good friend
Some of the wealthy and very famous of the town
On their way to material success have dragged others down
Materially big but in other ways small
In some ways they are very poor after all
You can live your life as quite successful indeed
If you are willing to help those of helping in need
To be wealthy and famous many to do aspire
But the kind and compassionatemore worthy to admire.