Ex Comes Before Why 


Do you get caught staring? 

At an unknown person 

Who returns your stare 

With an angry glare 


Sorry! 

I was daydreaming 

Inside an empty vortex 

You were not in there 

Nor next


 

My vacant gaze 

Was mindlessly waiting 

For my sparkling mirage 

To turn into Cinderella’s carriage 


Or am I? 

The next ex 

Before the why 






Ivor Steven (c) February 2022

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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.

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  11. “…next ex before the why…” is brilliant, creative and a great twisty twist! 🙂 What a wonderful poem, Ivor!
    These days I’m sure all of us find ourselves, occasionally, staring out into space thinking, wondering…oopy if a person gets in between our eyes and space. HA! 😀 We are not staring at them and we mean no harm. 🙂
    (((HUGS)))

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    1. Haha … it’s not a good look .. thank vacant stare.. . which was me at the Cafe yesterday .. and I wrote this poem then and there, and I was pleased with how my thoughts drifted into the second part of the poem .. I am finding Michelle Gurevich’s music almost additive to listen to .. 😉🎵🤗😍 😎

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