Collecting Peace

Collecting Peace

©2014 Susan Noyes Anderson

Collecting is a testament

to life already lived––

a witness of the future

still in store.

The past holds value far beyond

the grave in which it lies;

we are wraith-ed in peace and yet left

wanting more.

Our ghosts inhabit weathered woods,

etched glass, revolving clocks––

every tick marks a beginning

and an end.

So we gather warm and lovely things

to comfort and surround,

ground ourselves in new tomorrows

with old friends.

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