One Step Ahead

You are always one step ahead

Putting the narrative into my story

Showing me the way to go

Even when I am now aware

Before I was born

You had everything planned

You opened up a couple’s heart

To welcome me into their lives

During times of difficulty

You were always there by my side

Knowing that all would be ok

Because you already knew I would survive

When exam results weren’t expected

I was upset and scared

But you had it all planned

As you took me out of my safe haven

You knew what you were doing

As I grew to be myself

In another city in another country

Forcing me to learn to live on my own

From there you helped me move

To the big smoke

Where heartache lay before me

But you were always there

A path always laid out for me

When jobs finished

Another one always appeared

Because you had gone before me

Then I was taken out of my comfort zone

When I moved to another continent

But it was there that I learned

How to embrace the different

It wasn’t a coincidence

That I moved back home

Because you knew what would happen

And that I would need family support

You are always one step ahead

When I was in need of a friend

You always had a plan

And someone was always there

When I needed a place of worship

You put me in the right place

No matter what country I was in

There was always a place for me

So now why do I have fears?

Because there really is no need

As you are always one step ahead

As the author of my story

Jo Anne Kennedy

December 2018