Collecting Peace
©2014 Susan Noyes Anderson
Photo by Christelle BOURGEOIS on Unsplash
Collecting is a testament
to life already lived –
a witness of the future
still in store.
The past holds value far beyond
the grave in which it lies;
we are wraith-ed in peace and yet left
wanting more.
Our ghosts inhabit weathered woods,
etched glass, revolving clocks –
every tick marks a beginning
and an end.
So we gather warm and lovely things
to comfort and surround,
ground ourselves in new tomorrows
with old friends.
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Tags: future, keepsakes, memories, past
Susan Noyes Anderson
Susan Noyes Anderson is the author of At the End of Your Rope, There’s Hope, Deseret Book, ©1997; Awaken Your Spiritual Power: The Fairy Godmother Isn’t Coming!, Karisma Press, ©1999; and His Children (poetry only, photos are by Anita Schiller), Vantage Point Press, ©2003.