The Town's Wealthiest Man

His money of no use to him where he is today
The town's wealthiest man in the cemetery lay
Where the deceased are everybody is the same
Life cannot be bought back by money and fame
He died in his late forties he was not an old man
Far poorer have been granted a far longer life span
Aggressive stomach cancer he did not survive
His money did fail for to keep him alive
His wife and their son and daughter in their twenties will be financially okay
For as long as they live they will never know of a poor day
And though him they do miss and for him they do grieve
That time is the grief healer is not hard to believe
The town's wealthiest man in eternal rest lay
His lot will be my lot on some future day.