Love, Light, Laughter

    Looking back from where I sit,
     thinking about the past,
     old friends, old loves, family that's gone
     always thought those things would last.
     My memory will shine a light
     on things that did occur,
     sometimes that light will shine so bright
     sometimes it's just a blur.
     So many things we'd laugh about
     we'd laugh so hard we'd cry.
     Reminiscing brings the slightest smile
     or a teardrop to my eye.
     Momentos may get torn or lost
     keepsakes may fall apart,
     but memories of times gone by
     light the corners of my heart.
     At the end of a day, at the end of a life
     it won't be "things" we were after,
     but the love that we gave, the light we
     shone, and always remember the
     laughter.

                          Maureen Stran