©2019 Susan Noyes Anderson

image by Frank McKenna on Unsplash

I’d like to just let go of me
and ride the waves across the sea––
willy-nilly, to and fro
with no particular place to go.

©2019 Susan Noyes Anderson

image by Tyler Nix on Unsplash

You spoke to me inside a song
and brought my soul to peace.
Soft words I knew, whispered by you,
provided sweet release.

©2019 Susan Noyes Anderson

I saw this brave little tree today,
pushing her way through a stump of wood.
She lifted my heart in such a way
that a rush of grief was held at bay,
yielded to truth and a greater good.

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Image by Nick Scheerbart on Unsplah

How unexpected life can be.
Your childhood years passed happily,
our family sunlit from the start
by you, its youngest work of art.

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image by Xavier Mouton on Unsplash

I miss you more
than words can say.
In every moment,
every day,
your absence leaves
an empty space
that nothing ever
will replace.

©2019 Susan Noyes Anderson

image by Ricardo Alfaro

Grief is a journey.
Where does it end?

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sculpture by Victor Hugo Castaneda
Rancho La Puerta, Mexico

oh, that this sight were never found
a grieving mother, brought to ground
bereft of hope, forever bound
she falls to earth without a sound

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For more poems about grief and loss, click here. If this poem in particular resonates with you, you might also relate to The Heart Attack.

©2019 Susan Noyes Anderson

image by Simon Dewey

What does it mean that Jesus walked
upon the earth so long ago?
What stake is mine in His descending
to a humble life below?