Light the Lamps
©2018 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Jeremy Bishop on Unsplash
What do others see
who look at me
I am cracked pot
bird with broken wing
severed vine
unwilling shrine
I am fractured dreams
snuffed hope
lost place
empty space
I am choked roots
felled tree
stripped light
misery
I am pained watcher
observer of his demise
unconditional-lover
mourning mother
gutted, lost at sea
shine lamps for me
For more of my poems about death, loss and grieving, click here. If this poem resonates with you, you might also relate to Grief: Owning the Road.
Tags: complicated grief, death, death of a child, grieving, mothers, mourning
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.