Saraphir Legind - Leaving

Tyler Tittle • November 7, 2025

Leaving

Here we go again.

Another changing.

We embrace it with no tears

no fear, no regret.

Every spring we emerge

like templates coming alive

tracing known trails

creating universal patterns

uniting in shaping known archetypes.

If only you could see.

We spend our life playing with the wind

teasing it, tickling it

to its eternal delight

- why else did you think it blows?

It knows each of us intimately

together we all create our own unique song

that changes as we grow.

If only you could hear.

Now, the Earth receives us

in its wide embrace.

It fed us forth

and now we will feed it in turn.

We mutually transform

in endless cycles.

You think we die but

like everything else

we just transcend our form.

If only you could know.

From the Press:

In Leaving, Saraphir Legind captures transformation not as an ending, but as participation. Each shift of life is part of a continuous, breathing pattern. The poem moves between the elements—wind, earth, and human awareness—bridging them with the intimacy of a knowing voice.

There is both reverence and a sense of ease here. Legind's poem is a reminder that change, while inevitable, need not be feared. Her lines feel cyclical, deliberate, and accepting. It is an invitation to witness life as an ongoing conversation instead of a conclusion.

About the Author:

Saraphir Camille Legind is a poet, singer-songwriter and writer based in Edinburgh. She is Danish by birth, but has adopted Scotland as her home and English as her language. She is known for protest songs and wordplay, as well as looking at different themes from different angles to find new depths. Her poems range from a quick humorous haiku on the bus to page-long explorations on pain, lost cables, creativity or chauvinism. She is also a performance artist/movement teacher, crochet designer, and keen gardener, and feels best about life when she is creating something. You can find her under @saraphircamille on most platforms.