Steps

by Kimberly Townsend

Genre: Folk/Acoustic

Lyrics

It wasn’t kind

But I’ve shaped myself from what I’ve felt outside

It wasn’t right

But I took the energy and made it mine

Now I’m working hard to change it

But it takes a moment

Takes a moment

Takes a moment

Takes a moment

Takes a moment longer than you’d think

It didn’t help

But I spent a decade pushing off the pain

All by myself

I avoided effort to stay safe

Now I’m working hard to change it

But it takes a moment

Takes a moment

Takes a moment

Takes a moment

Takes a moment longer than you’d think

I am aiming to be braver

But it means a layer

Means a layer

Means a layer

Means a layer of this shield must sink

And I didn’t understand how

I didn’t understand how

You could put one foot in front of the other

The weight of it was not a bother to you

It’s how you do it all

Pursue, stay true, refuse to stall

Cause I lost grip of the handle

I lost grip of the handle

The way to

Take the pieces, add them up

The proof to self I’m worthy of the art

My authenticity

My right to feel, to heal, to leave

It’s left a mark

I can choose to let it rot or wipe it clean

All this debris

I can choose to hide it close or set it free

I am working hard to change it

But it takes a moment

Takes a moment

Takes a moment longer than you’d think

I am waking up and breathing deep

Then taking steps

And taking steps

And taking steps

And taking steps

And taking steps that bring me home to me

I am waking up and breathing deep

Then taking steps

And taking steps

And taking steps that bring me home to me