The Better Man Than Me

Quite Different to most others is how he does seem to be

Of any sense of false pretences he is one who is free

A man who knows of hard work a bricklayer by trade

On his artistic creations his talents by him are displayed

Not a member of any artistic club though as an artist quite well known

The title of true individual his sort can claim to own

In his tribal surroundings he does seem out of place

But the challenges life gives him he willingly embrace

He is one who does not lay claim to having many a friend

He lives true to his higher self and is not one to pretend

Of anything he is not his type of person rare

In a world where far too many of their own needs only aware

He loves the creatures of nature and every bush and tree

And with his natural surroundings he lives in harmony

If everyone were like him how great this world would be

I only can look up to the better man than me.

Francis Duggan