"Laurie's Poem"

Life begins an unlighted stage Unwritten word, unnumbered page Without a thought, without age And so begins the game.

With uninspired divinity A measure of infinity And popular anonymity We strive to find our fame.

Like seedlings planted in the ground With other seedlings all around Reverberate a grand resound And reflect what life's about.

Then suddenly without delay The years like seconds drift away In essence, life concedes decay. The page is turned. The lights are out.

Forgone now reality The darkness of uncertainty And all that's left...Eternity And so begins the game.

Darryl Lee Broderick