The Young Women Of My Young Years Poem by Francis Duggan

The young women of my young years do they combat time's decay
In anti ageing creams and hair dyes do they hide their wrinkles and gray
Or do some of them age gracefully in a dignified way?
Though anyway i may not recognize them if i met with them today
For the years can alter appearance of the body and the face
Time leaves it's mark on all of us that has always been the case
The young women of my younger years were quite lovely to behold
But time as we are well aware does leave the prettiest looking old
Many of the young women of my younger years in the home Parish did not stay
It does seem true that destiny in our lives has a say
They went to live in Countries such as Australia, Britain and the U S A
For adventure and a new life and jobs with better pay
Perhaps many of them now are grand-mothers time for anyone does not stand still
And today they may be strangers in the old Town by Clara Hill.