Life’s Handcuffs

Over on Weekly Prompts, their Weekend Challenge is the word, ART  “The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live.” – Auguste Rodin. Please go over and visit their fabulous site by clicking >>HERE. My poem today was written before I saw the “Prompt”, but if you use your imagination you will understand the artwork of my poem… “A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others.” ― Salvador Dali


Life’s Handcuffs


Wherever aging shadows fall

time watches cracks grow on fading walls

Imagination cultivates souls to evolve

and emancipates the hearts emotions

Imagination motivates the brain to think

and instigates the eyes to open wider

Imagination activates the sculptures hiding in my museum

and stimulates the feathers of my old quill

Are these visions ever to be enough

enough for my dreams to escape life’s handcuffs




Ivor Steven (c) December 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.

28 thoughts on “Life’s Handcuffs”

  6. Everything about this is wonderful! 🙂 Keep using your brilliant brain, your incredible imagination, your tremendous talent, your cool creativity, Ivor!!! 🙂
    LOVE the card you got from Kerri! She is so talented and such a darling! 🙂
    (((HUGS))) 🙂

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    1. Oh that card is so special… she is very disabled, and to produce those drawings takes many many hours of patience, persistence, and sheer talent…. I was nearly going to call the poem.. “Life’s Handicaps”…. ((Hugs))

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