Pinch Me. Please.
©2016 Susan Noyes Anderson
Perhaps I’ve slipped the bonds of earth too soon,
or maybe I have simply loosed my grip
and orbited, a rather ghastly trip
that leaves me somewhere underneath the moon.
Author Archive
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.
A Humble Heart
©2016 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Del Parson, used by permission
of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Are we not all beggars
before our risen Lord?
In death, all things are lost to us,
save those He hath restored.
Burdens to Blessings
©2016 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Jurica Koletic on Unsplash
When life rears up and strikes me down,
when all the world turns bleak,
I look to God for hope and find
the comfort that I seek.
Blue Elephant
©2016 Susan Noyes Anderson
What is this creature on my chest?
Blue elephant has come to nest.
My lungs are smashed; my heart is crushed.
My whole, wide world in blue is brushed.
Devotional
©2016 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Jackson David on Unsplash
Be with me, Father, on this day
when worries steal my peace away.
Watch over ones that I hold dear,
and let them feel thy presence near.
No Go with the Flow
©2016 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Bella Huang on Unsplash
Sometimes I curl my toes
against the tide.
Immovable, I catch
a swell of pride
and ride it nowhere.
Only I hold sway.
No force of nature
spirits me away.
Choosing Hope
©2016 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Casey Horner on Unsplash
When bleakness reigns, refuse to yield,
for you were meant to sing.
Bow down your head against the storm,
then set your heart on spring.
On Hiatus
©2016 Susan Noyes Anderson
image by Iruii Melenstov on Unsplash
I’m on hiatus from my life
but not by choice.
Don’t get me wrong, as my kids’ mom,
I have a voice.