©2021 Susan Noyes Anderson

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Always hold your people close.
Don’t let them stray too far.
Bear them within, as a reminder
who you really are.

©2021 Susan Noyes Anderson

image by Nathan Dumlao

Time heals all wounds, so they say,
but do these words hold true?
If yes, such healing plays me false, son,
when it comes to you.

©2021 Susan Noyes Anderson

image by Milada Vigerova

Rain just gotta fall some time.
Fierce rain just gotta fall.

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image by Tomasz Filipek on Unsplash

Sailing this sleek, silver ship
across an ocean of mustard, scrub oak
and California wildflowers;
I can almost feel the wind in my face,
the sea spray on my cheeks,
the ballast in my sails.

©2021 Susan Noyes Anderson

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The sun fell out of the sky one day.
I propped her up on a flow of words.
She hung in a rather precarious way,
fluttered about like a wind-tossed bird.

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image by Hannah Grace

I like to think
he’s with us still,
a photo on the window sill,
a memory of days gone by,
a shadow in his sister’s eye.

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Photo by Esaias Tan on Unsplash

Soon or late, life teaches lessons
few would choose to learn.
Ours is, at best, a rocky path
with many a twist and turn.

©2021 Susan Noyes Anderson

image by Olesia Buyar on Unsplash

You are not on my Christmas list.
A sadder truth was never told.
Your dear name vanished in the mist
with nary a gift to wrap in gold
and no vestige of you to hold.