Learning To Fly And A Sharp Razor

 

I’m the silent young writer

Who’s singing last year’s poem

I’m the old lame man

Who’s slowly learning to fly

 

I see myself in the mirror

My blood’s running dry

The razor is sharp enough

To make a grown man cry

 

I’m a laughing Hyena

As my blood fills the basin

Whoops, not fun on the run

Laughing, as I’m nervously shaving

 

There’s more blood in the basin

And my limp right hand’s shaking

Best I stop before I die

The recovering poet still wants to fly

 

 

 

Ivor Steven (c)  2019

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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.

36 thoughts on “Learning To Fly And A Sharp Razor”

      6. Yes It’s better now, and my fridge stood ok and thinks didn’t, which was great because my bother and sister’s meals that they had made for me, and stored the in the freezer, had survived, yeah…..

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  4. The photo, poem, and song are a perfect trio!
    I see you as a flyer, Ivor! and you will continue to fly…in all things…your life, your travels, your writing, your courage, your wonderful attitude, ETC! 🙂
    HUGS!!! 🙂
    PS…Why didn’t Santy bring you a Safety Razor for Christmas?! Since Santy never shaves I’m sure he has one laying around! 😉 😛

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      2. Oh, I’ve still got my supply of bandages handy !!…. But that’s one thing I’ve noticed, the improvement with my ability to have a shave, yes my right arm is on the mend. It’s all this typing that’s gotta be helping too !! xx

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