living with grief after child loss

That Guy

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

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living with grief after child loss
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I wasn’t blind to them;
I saw your flaws.
But greatness was the thing that held my eye.

You were that guy, the one
who makes moms proud.
And so I was – and loud about it, too.

Those eyes, gray-blue with
knowing all you knew.
An old soul from the moment of your birth.

Too brief, your turn on earth
and then, goodbye.
Most days, I cry. Sometimes, that calls you home.

As does a poem.
∞§∞

If this poem resonates with you, you might also relate to “Love from Heaven” and “A Slice of Joy.”

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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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