25/03/2024
Sometimes you have to wait
in the dark
For what seems like forever
Stuck
Certain no progress is being made,
not even a little growth
Nothing seems alive
You, least of all
It doesnโt even feel like waiting, truth be told,
Since waiting implies an end in sight โ
and you havenโt seen one of those
in ages.
Youโre sure youโve been abandoned
Forgotten
It seems as though your own soul may have deserted you
But then one day
A day you didnโt think would come โ
The smallest of cracks appears
Then the crack turns into an opening
Then the opening a breaking free.
Maybe it was the way the sun hit,
or how the rain fell
or the planets aligned
or maybe something deep within you simply knew: NOW.
But itโs not just that youโve come back to life
Youโre different.
The life within you feels humbler, since you know you know less now.
And more grounded, since your roots were growing deep all this time.
There was something happening, you understand now
something profound
in that slow and tedious germination.
Itโs a miracle, isnโt it?
How even in the longest and most brutal of winters
thousands of seeds are plotting
a most magnificent spring.
~ Leyla Aylin
Thank you for sharing Jayne Milne happy spring ๐๐๐