IT AIN'T EASY

Jane Rushton

It Ain’t Easy

It was dark when we boarded, we had to feel our way. 

Scrimped and saved and worked so hard and suffered for this day.

And we rocked with the tide and we cried the gulls.

Just the clothes we’re standing in, no valuables.

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It ain’t easy, leaving your home land.

All those valleys and mountains and rivers and all of those big skies.

No it ain’t easy leaving your home town, 

The place where you’ve grown all the people you’ve known and the roots you’ve set down. 

It ain’t easy.

We huddled close together, to keep each other warm. 

You held my hand so tightly, you were fearful of the storm.

No words passed between us, there was nothing to say.

We were waiting for the morning, waiting for a new day. 

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Then the waves crashed down upon us, 

We slipped and we fell all hopes and dreams were stolen by the swell. 

Out in the distance a bright light, then a horn 

Had someone come to rescue us and save us from this storm?

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When you’re sitting on your sofa 

Watching twenty-four hour news 

Remember this is not a life that anyone would choose

But when you’ve run out of choices and you’re fearful for your life 

You’ll climb on board a vessel with no engine, no sails, no oars, no captain, no crew.

Because when you’re desperate

That’s what you’ll do.

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