Our DATE with Destiny

Below is a small acrostic piece – a few lines arranged to catch the essence of the moment, a kind of epitome distilled from the fading light.

As the golden eye strained to feel the light, twilight gathered what the day left behind





Our DATE with Destiny


Deep behind twilight’s hessian sky
And down below the auburn horizon
There resides life’s golden eye
Ethereally aware of Earth’s dying oceans

As the world wilts under the strain
Do we hold the weight of what remains?





As the light settles – for the feelings that linger after the day is done, here is the song that holds them.




Ivor Steven ©  June 2026

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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.

22 thoughts on “Our DATE with Destiny”

  4. I understand how you feel, Ivor. And you’ve expressed this so vividly in title, in photos, in poem, and in song. Powerful, heart-touching, so important.
    And that song by Tom O’Dell is heart-touching…one of my go-to late-at-night songs.
    It’s so sad that humans go on about life so selfishly when our home (planet Earth) is hurting and needs us to notice and to do something to help.
    Thank you for caring and for writing poems that are so important! Remember we are here, we lift you up, we appreciate you, you are not alone.
    (((HUGS))) ❤️🌍🌎🌏❤️

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