Life Poem by Emma Alberts

You haven't lived
Until you've...
Seen the flame in the hawk's eye
Heard the whisper of an angel
Felt the unfluence of others
Watched lightning flash the ground
And wondered, 'Who'd it hit this time? '

And you won't ever know
What life is
Until you've...
Starved and died
Suffered from diease after diease after diease
Saved your country, but
Died during it
Experienced the miracle of life

And you won't have a life
Until you're alive (LOL)

(Spring 2008, Age 11, Door County, Wisconsin)