Poems by Vic Lejon

I keep pulling
on my roots
urging them to grow
impatient for the bloom
and the sunshine
and the growth
but it doesn’t work like that
tears flow, soil drenches and dries
there have to be some slower days
some rainfall, even snow
—life will bloom when it is ready

the ones who encourage you
during uncertain times
who stand with you
when no one else will
who hold you when you break
and pick up your pieces again

they are your people
treasure them

people have told me
to let you go

but they don’t
understand
if I did, I’d lose
myself too

that’s how tightly
we are interwoven

you are as much a part of me
as I am of you

every day changes you
sometimes a lot
sometimes barely
but life never stops
it evolves
and you are growing
even when you can’t see it
you’re doing the best you can

slow down when your world
is spinning too fast
when day and night are stuck in dusk
make sure to enjoy life
soak in the sunshine
admire the moonlight
witness how the clouds gather
and disperse
how the wind chases the leaves
across the street
treasure the little moments
that world will still spin
but you won’t fall off for taking
a well-deserved break

baby, during the nights when the midnight sky
falls heavily onto your bones and wraps you
in its melancholic embrace

keep a light alive inside of you
I know how dark the darkness can get
how tempting it can be

but please remember
you can be your own guiding light
you have the ability to shine despite it all
hope is always with you

in the solitude of the forest
let your heart hum

earth will listen
and understand