Be Still and Grow
©2016 Susan Noyes Anderson
photo by Francesca Woodman
Sometimes, life’s colors spin away and set us spinning, too.
The air about us thickens, and we lose our point of view.
Each breath a gasp, we cling to light, unwont to disappear;
but still we feel our edges fading, blurred by swirling fear.
We call for help in urgent tones, but none can penetrate.
We spin. We spin. Inertia has become an active state.
When balance fails, we land once more in stark reality.
The truth awaits us all. Be still, and grow. Let go. Walk free.
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“Be still, and know that I am God.”
Psalm 46:10
Tags: adversity, art, courage, life, overcoming
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.