Our Leftover Burden

One of my favourite writers here on WordPress, Colleen, of ‘Chatter Blog’ wrote this article a few days ago >> https://bikecolleenbrown.wordpress.com/2020/12/19/what-have-i-done/ ..


Her diagram touched me deeply, and I felt compelled to say something, but like Colleen’s words, I was also wondering “What Have I Done”, and I finally came up with this poem, which has left me saying to myself, “What Am I Trying To Say” ??

Our Leftover Burden

To the parents everywhere

Distance holds no barrier

To the warmth you have in your hearts

Do not worry about the mess

We have left our children

They are lovingly in good hands

Eternally surrounded

By heaven’s vast universe

Safely protected

By the sky’s resilient atmosphere

We are all able to share the burden

Of earth’s weighty gravity

Life’s picture is not always what we imagine to see

But a momentary glimpse of what real life is to be




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.

20 thoughts on “Our Leftover Burden”

    1. Haha my tender has had too much Christmas pudding.. I hope you are feeling ok soon,..
      There’s no need to worry yourself about commenting… Down here in Australia /Geelong we are going well…
      😊💙🌏

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