Grief and Gratitude
©2019 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Tirza van Djik
Nearly a year ago today,
you said goodnight and slipped away.
A sea of tears inside my heart
marks every day we’ve been apart.
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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.
Grief: Owning the Road
©2019 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Paul Pastourmatzis on Unsplash
image by Paul Pastourmatzis on UnsplashI went to see a counselor.
She lost a child and understands.
Committed to a healing path,
I laid my heart out in her hands.
Holding Hearts
©2019 Susan Noyes Anderson
My heart reached out, but
but you weren’t there.
Undone, I nestled
in your chair
and felt your warmth
surround my soul.
For one sweet moment
I was whole.
Is Safe a Thing?
©2019 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Karl Ibri on Unsplash
What is your move
the day you realize
no matter what goes down,
worse things can smite you?
Innocence Lost
©2019 Susan Noyes Anderson
Image by Shraga Kopstein on Unsplash
At best, you lose your innocence in layers.
Mom’s handwriting shows up on Santa’s card.
A tetherball turns traitorous and clocks you.
Your brother locks you out of your back yard.
The Heart Attack
©2019 Susan Noyes Anderson
Image by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash
My heart imploded yesterday
from a surprise attack,
its cause so seemingly benign
my mind keeps going back.
Love Is
©2019 Susan Noyes Anderson
an adaptation of 1 Cor. 3:4-8
image by Christopher Beloch on Unsplash
Love is patient.
Love is kind.
Love lives on
in heart and mind.
Homecomings and Goings
©2019 Susan Noyes Anderson
Come home to me, my child; come home.
Dance on the words of a mother’s poem…
stepping-stars across the sky,
shining bright to draw you nigh,
spun from gossamer and love,
heart-notes sent to heaven above.