When I Am Gone Forever And Not One Memory Of Me Remain Poem by Francis Duggan

When I am gone forever and not one memory of me remain
The birds will chirp and whistle in the Spring before the rain
And Nature's flowers will be blooming and on every fruit bearing tree
The clusters of pink blossoms so pretty for to see
It is a simple fact of life and facts do never lie
That us humans like all other life forms are born for to die
Some great names live on for centuries after the body has died
But eventually they fade away like footprints on the beach do in the tide
But Nature will still be around in the World on every shore
The only known immortal who will live forever more
Us humans like every other life form to the Reaper's scythe must fall
From the humblest to the greatest death does await us all
When I am gone and forgotten and in Nature's bosom lay
The birds will chirp and whistle at the dawning of the day.