Throwback Friday, Burnt Toast And A Cold Shower

Some mornings test us in small, stubborn ways — cold water, burnt toast, lights that won’t flick on. This old poem from July 2018 reminds me that even on those days, we can reset, breathe, and begin again.


Burnt Toast And A Cold Shower

When it’s so hard to get out of my warm bed,
I force myself to throw the sheets off,
and I face another day again.

When the light doesn’t go on above my head,
I replace the globe and flick the switch,
and I see again

When my shower hot water turns cold,
I patiently wait for the boiler to reheat,
and I shall be ready again.

When the toaster burns my bread,
I turn the grey dial down to three,
and I restart again

When the kettle runs bone dry,
I dutifully refill the jug,
and enjoy a cuppa again.

When breakfast is done, and it’s time to run,
I feel the advantage of being alive,
and I smile at my world again.





And sometimes a song is all it takes to steady the morning again.


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Until Eyes Hear Sound

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Tullawalla:

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Ivor Steven ©  July 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.

34 thoughts on “Throwback Friday, Burnt Toast And A Cold Shower”

  4. What a powerful, beautiful, wise-advice, rhyme-y, encouraging poem, Ivor! Fabulous attitude! 🙂
    “…reset, breathe, and begin again…” Yes! 🙂 And, yes, music always helps! 🙂
    (((HUGS))), ❤️❤️❤️, and 🛏️💤💡🚿☕️🍞 🙂

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  12. Ah, you summarised these days so well here 🙂 Also, my other half literally just published a short story a few moments ago on his blog, in a post called… “Burnt Toast”…! And so, my Reader feed has these two items, your post and his, back to back 😀 It’s such a strange and wonderful world. (Happy to share the link here if you’d like to see his post too? But didn’t want to do so without asking first!)

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