Post Mortem
©2018 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Joshua Earle on Unsplash
I guess I always knew
he wasn’t mine to keep,
and yet I prayed he’d stick around
until I went to sleep.
He left without goodbye.
I knew his mind, but still…
I cast him as invincible,
a role I hoped he’d fill.
I wish I had been right,
but time has proved me wrong.
And now my heart, forever changed,
must learn to carry on.
If this poem resonates with you, you might also find All Is Well, or Will Be meaningful. For more of my poems on death, loss and grieving, click here.
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Tags: child loss, death, grief, loss, suicide, unexpected death
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.