Stepping Forward

The first day of grade one, she’d been excited for a week,

But now the day was here and she was feeling rather bleak,

Her mama knelt beside her and she kissed the little cheek,

“Just step forward, dear, you’ll find the wonders that you seek!”

Her first time on the stage, again was frightened as could be,

Again, her mama hugged her tight, said,”Darling look at me!”

“You’ve practiced all your lines, you know them to the ‘nth’ degree,

“So just step forward, dear, and your success, I’ll guarantee!”

A few years on, once more she has to face a great unknown,

Marriage to her love and for the first time, leaving home,

Her mama smiled and took her hand and said, “My girl, you’re grown,

“So just step forward, dear. Be glad! You’ll never be alone.”

The years have passed, some good, some bad, and always, when there’s fear,

She hears her mama’s voice a’whispering softly in her ear,

“When there’s nowhere else to go, and you simply can’t stay here,

“Just step forward, dear, you’ll find your problems disappear.”

And now there’s a pandemic. Fear for all around her there,

She sees the ones who act with thought and those who simply glare,

She’s frightened. Sudden hears her mom say, “Darling, let them stare.

“And just step forward, dear. But wear a mask and be aware!”

Cause Mondays do get knocked a lot,

With Poetry, we all besought,

To try to make the week begin 

With pleasant thoughts,

Perhaps a grin?

So all of us, together, we

Have crafted poems for you to see.

And now you’ve read what we have wrought…

Did we help? 

Or did we not?

Jenny

Charlotte

Mimi

From Baili and I, we’ve our topic today,

Pandemic, disturbing in ev-er-y way!

Next week (I think I’ll need a hug)

Cause we’ll all be discussing ‘Bugs’!