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Reflections at Close of Day, for Todd

Written by Susan Noyes Anderson on . Posted in Death and Grief Poems

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He left in his own
time, his chosen way.
I find in me
no spirit
to begrudge it.
(Though if I could
I’d nudge it far away.)
My world runs
gray, dabbles in
black as night.
Gone from my sight,
he took with him
the day.

The light is his
at last;
I cede it gladly.
Too long he
yearned,
no sun
upon his face.
God grant him
grace deserved,
sweet peace
unceasing…
a kinder place.

∞§∞

For more on complicated grief and the feelings
of loved ones left behind, read
Here with Me. More of my poems on death,
loss and grieving can be found here.

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