Isolation Time

I’ve been hidden away

Out of sight

Out of harm’s way

Locked in my room

A poet Pharaoh’s tomb

Or a butterfly’s cocoon

There’s a shining light in my bubble

On top of all my rubble

Above the deathly quietness

I’m a lonesome chick in his nest

Or a bear with a sore head

Hibernating in his bed

Tucked away for winter

Living in an Eskimo’s igloo

Day after day, I’m wearing old

Isolation my saviour, from the cold

Ivor Steven (c) 2018

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G'day, and welcome to my blog site. My name is Ivor Steven, I live in Geelong, Australia. I'm an ex-industrial chemist, and a retired plumber, and a former Carer of my wife(Carole), for 30 years, who suffered from severe MS. I Write poetry about those personal thoughts, throughout and beyond my life as a Carer. I've been blogging for over 2 years, and writing poems for 19 years. Of course a lot of my poems are about my favourite subject Carole, but since I've been blogging my writings have become quite varied, humourous, mystical, observational, and even a few monster/horror poems.

56 thoughts on “Isolation Time”

  2. ouch I thrive on alone time but I see it’s harder for you … another old favourite song!
    Imagine all the stories and poems you’ll have from this little escapade …
    turn it around in your head,
    learn to enjoy being on your bed 😦

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      2. My bubble is my space, my space is where, I expand my bubble, like being in the Doctor’s Tardis, my ship is called “Itims”. Ivor’s time in my space.. 🙄😊💛

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      6. hey another idea is to change your blog layout, play around with it for a while … I just changed my theme and tidied it up a bit … seeing as I’m paying for it now it should look pleasant 🙂

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  10. You may be in The Bubble…your body captive…but your mind and imagination are alive and well and roaming the universe! 😉 🙂 Great poem, Ivor!
    And the photo is spectacular!
    Great song! I like Joe Cocker’s version of it, too! (It’s in the movie Across the Universe. 🙂
    HUGS!!! 🙂

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  16. Sorry to hear about your isolation, mate! I have a tomb, too. Sometimes I bring in some lovely cleopatra bones to keep me company. I’ll send you some fine ones if you’d like. Her pelvis bones are what I really dig!

    PR

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      2. I’m still in hospital, in isolation, and I’m waiting for my test resuls, the rest of my time here in my bubble, i spend catching spiders and flies, and eating them 😁☺️🙄😉

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