The World Will Not Stop Poem by Francis Duggan

The World will not stop when life's breath from me has gone
And life on the Planet will surely go on
The migratory birds will fly north for to breed in the Spring
And the skylark will fly to the clouds for to sing
And there will be wars, famines, droughts and disease
And in refugee camps millions of refugees
Humans like all other life forms are born to die
Since life is not eternal and that's not a lie
Long after all trace of me lost to memory
Life on Planet Earth will go on without me
And though i am in the late autumn of my life's span
I want to live on for as long as i can
Since life after death may be based on a lie
I do want to live but i know i must die.