Throwback Friday, Mystic Man, by Ivor Steven

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Sixteen months ago, I was in hospital, and the specialists were not sure what was wrong with me, so I was place in a ‘Isolation/quarantine’ room for 2 weeks, and I have been reminded of that incarceration, by the present ‘Coronavirus outbreak, and I am reflecting on my time in that situation, and of being separated from the outside world….. During this isolation, I wrote a number of poems, and “Mystic Man” is one of those writings….. a mysterious poem, and obviously, in my mind I was desperately planning my ‘escape’……my imagination was running a fever…..

Mystic Man

I’m digging a tunnel

With my ball and chain

Underneath the great wall

Towards the east side of the moon

Away from these wasted days

Beyond the drain of pain

My eyes search for a light

Through my grotto’s ceiling crack

Resolutely my heart yells at me

“There’s no turning back”

Fingers…

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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.

7 thoughts on “Throwback Friday, Mystic Man, by Ivor Steven”

  2. A powerful, poignant poem, Ivor! I know that time had to be very scary, frustrating, lonely in some ways, missing your home and routine, ETC… 😦
    I’m so so so relieved that you survived and are thriving and you wrote so many amazing poems while you were kept from life.
    (((HUGS)))

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    1. I’m not sure whether I was of sound mind at the time….. I was very sick and frustrated…..but I kept writing…. that kept my mind active and somewhat disassociated from my own predicament….. xxx

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