The World Could Be Falling Down

Here is a poem that is in my files, but does not appear on my Website, maybe I deleted the post accidentally …


The World Could Be Falling Down




I was walking in yesterdayโ€™s deluge

up a steep holy hillside

talking to my fading shadow

that was stalking deep puddles

while I was balking todayโ€™s thunderbolts




my knees were knocking in fright

and my hips were rocking like Noahโ€™s Ark

while shovelling leftover manure in the dark




natureโ€™s mocking the world full of old lonely hearts

and blocking the futureโ€™s already drowning restart






Ivor Steven (c) August 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.

25 thoughts on “The World Could Be Falling Down”

    1. Thank you Carolyn .. the painting is a piece of wall artwork from the Box Office Cafe โ€ฆ me and Frankie havenโ€™t been able get there for โ€œ3โ€ weeks โ€ฆ ouchie โ€ฆ we have really missed our outings ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿถ .. maybe weโ€™ll get there on the weekend โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿฐ..
      I think the poem was written this time last year, when we were back in lockdown because of Covid โ€ฆ I suppose I was sad at the time, with where our world was heading ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿค—๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿถ

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      1. Itโ€™s supposed to be some early spring weather on the weekend, and warm sunshine will be feel fabulous on my back .. the bestest of healing therapyโ€ฆ๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ’•๐ŸŒ

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      2. Iโ€™ve been taking him on a 300 yd walk for a few days and today I think Iโ€™ll be able to go further .. things are finally feeling betterer ๐Ÿค—๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿถ

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