of loss and gain
©2020 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Meghan Hessler on Unsplash
image by Meghan Hessler on Unsplashthe sun has left the sky
vanishing on a sigh
while lesser stars prevail
in fading shades of pale
as sirens split the night
as safe moves out of sight
be still and use the pain
no struggle is in vain
may loss hold space for gain
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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.