Words Fall Through the Window

This poem grew from three small conversations across the WordPress community ā€” first with David, then with Nancy, and then with David once more. Each reply carried its own quiet image, and when I gathered them together, they seemed to form a single drift of thought, as if the words had slipped through the same window and landed in one place.
In stanza order, they are.
1. David: Sketches, poems, scraps, or: Dreams ā€“ The Skeptic’s Kaddish 
2. Nancy: Unread Message ā€“ The Elephant’s Trunk 
3. David: Intellectual or Public introspectual ā€“ The Skeptic’s Kaddish 


Between light and shadow, these moments gather ā€” small echoes leading toward the words that follow.



Written in response to Sadjeā€™s ā€˜What Do You See? #345ā€™ prompt
>> What do you see # 345- 15, June- 2026 ā€“ Keep it alive

A quiet moment at the window that opened into the poem below






Words Fall Through the Window

Looking through a window 
Searching for tomorrow 
There is only an afterglow 
As life lingers in limbo

Petals softly fall 
Knowing the sound of silence 
ā€œDo not wait for meā€ 

Sailing alone in my rescue craft 
I sense a spirited updraught 
rising through the stairwellā€™s shaft
 




Where the view softens, and the silence deepens, somewhere beyond the glass, the music carries what the words leave behind




Ivor StevenĀ Ā©Ā Ā 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.

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    1. Thank you for being an inspiration for my poem, your articles seem to nudge me to respond with a thoughtful comment my friend and as Wendyā€™s amazing song, I was fortunate enough to see her live way back when ā€¦ she was referred to Australiaā€™s ā€˜Janis Joplinā€™ šŸŽ¶šŸ„°šŸ’™šŸ“˜šŸ“–

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  9. A beautiful creative weaving of poetic responses into an amazing heart-touching poem. Fabulous title, too! šŸ™‚
    Wendy reminds me of Janis…and each of their voices touches my heart and all the way to my soul.
    (((HUGS))) ā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļø

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