grief and memories

Snapshot

Written by Susan Noyes Anderson on . Posted in Death and Grief Poems

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©2018 Susan Noyes Anderson

photo by Michael L Baird on flickr

The pair of you lit up our hearts,
shoulder-to-shoulder, full-grown men.
We saw in you the boys you were,
recalled the sweetness that had been.

A parents’ moment, one we shared
with grateful glance and hard-won smile.
Life had its ups and downs, we knew,
but things had been “up” for a while.

I took a snapshot with my eyes,
a memory preserved in time.
It pains me, now, to take it out,
but I am thankful that it’s mine.

For in this life, I shall not view
that once-familiar sight again;
but in my heart, the two of you
still walk together, boys to men.

If this poem resonated with you, you might also relate to Carrying You. More of my poems about death, loss, and grieving can be found here.

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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.

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