Ashes to Light

Ashes to Light is a deeply personal collection of poems and song lyrics by Victor Alarcon, written across a lifetime shaped by love, struggle, memory, and the search for meaning. These pieces move quietly but deliberately through grief and tenderness, regret and resilience, capturing moments of reflection that feel both intimate and universal. Victor's writing does not chase spectacle. Instead, it lingers in the small, human spaces where loss is felt most sharply and hope appears most unexpectedly. His poems speak of relationships tested by time, of memory that refuses to fade, and of a persistent pull toward light—even when life feels reduced to ash. Prepared for publication by his mother, Jonita Alarcon, this collection preserves a voice that remains honest, vulnerable, and unmistakably human. The poems are presented with care and restraint, allowing the words to stand on their own, just as they were written. Ashes to Light is both a remembrance and an offering: a book for readers who understand that healing is not a straight path, that love often survives in fragments, and that even after profound loss, something meaningful can still rise.