Poem #3 – Grace’s Shanty

Poem #3 is suggested to be a sea shanty. Now that may be a stretch!! I will say one of my favorite songs is “Brandy” by Looking Glass. Not quite a sea shanty but definitely a song about sailors!

OK – so I decided a sailor’s shanty is beyond my experience and imagination. I have, however, decided to keep the idea and make a shanty called “Grace’s Shanty.” I joined this poem writing project because I feel it will help me in my healing and also get me back into writing on my blog. So, my “shanty” shall be about what I am going through.

Grace’s Shanty – Baby Steps

I once lost it all and it’s hard to come back

Try to carry my load but it gives me no slack

Baby Steps are good Baby Steps are OK

Those Baby Steps will lead the way

The depression increases and leaves me so lost

The depression increases at so high a cost

Baby Steps are good Baby Steps are OK

Those Baby Steps will lead the way

My skills are gone they are not what they were

My skills are all gone another price to incur

Baby Steps are good Baby Steps are OK

Those Baby Steps will lead the way

So many baby steps now down the road

I have truly seen what baby steps showed

Baby Steps are good Baby Steps are OK

Those Baby Steps will lead the way

Baby steps have helped me see the positive to come

Baby steps have helped me see there is a way home

Baby Steps are good Baby Steps are OK

Those Baby Steps will lead the way