Let Me Encourage You

Let me encourage you

The way the moon encourages the tide

Without shouting

Simply by being present

Pulling gently on what’s already within you

Let me encourage you

Like a lantern buried in fog

Its glow small but stubborn

Teaching the mist

That it cannot swallow every light

Let me encourage you

The way seeds encourage the earth

By breaking open first

By trusting the dark

To become a birthplace instead of a grave

Let me encourage you

Like a bridge made of quiet faith

Holding your weight

Even when you doubt

Your own footsteps

Let me encourage you

The way dawn encourages shadows

Not by fighting them

But by offering a horizon

Wide enough to hold both light and ache

Let me encourage you

As the river encourages a stone

Shaping it slowly

Softening its edges

Without ever demanding it change all at once

Let me encourage you

Because even the sky

Vast as it is

Still needs the sun

To remind it how to shine