I’ve Been Caught Again

The midnight bell sweetly chimed

And I saw a bright silver moon

Soon dawn opened my sleepy eyes

And I saw a glowing golden sun

 

The old alarm did not ring

Arising early is no longer the thing

Today I’m another year older

Sixty-nine years upon my shoulders

 

Time has worn my aching back

And every ageing bone goes crack

But isn’t there a crack in everything

That’s how the new morning light gets in

 

 

Ivor Steven (c)  July 20th 2020

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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.

64 thoughts on “I’ve Been Caught Again”

  9. Love the photo! So sweet! 🙂
    Glad you are celebrating your birthday in style! Always try to stretch the celebration out at least a week! 😉 😀 I do that when it’s my birthday! 😀
    Yes, the cracks are important. Well earned! 😉 Bring on the light! 🙂
    (((HUGS))) 🙂

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    1. Thank you Carolyn… I took myself out for lunch to the Box Office Cafe, and they gave me a free cake 🍰….. Friends are coming for lunch tomorrow, Maree and her sister… Maree set me up with a blind date with my Carole…💓….. then there’ll be a night out with boys on Thursday night…. yep the party is continuing….. ((hugs)) xx

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  13. Happy happy birthday my dear friend ….Bless you on this day and on the days to come. i am so honored to have known you here in WP and through the stories of Gina.
    I hope you are having a blast today… Bless You all the time.

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  17. Happy Birthday Ivor your still a young man and full of love in your prime. I sincerely hope you have had a great day of celebrations both in the Divine Heavens above streaming love to you at this special time. Blessings Ivor. Beautiful step back in time and good choice of song as usual.

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