The Hearts of Dying Stars

There was a moon that night,
That shook my comfortable existence
On this little Earth
And as I looked at the stars
I almost lost my breath
When I remembered what great men had said
That I was made from the hearts of dying stars
All of me was not from here, but belonged out there
And as I closed my eyes
I realised that those twinkling lights
Were not just heavenly bodies
But like an ageing photograph
Were the ghosts of my family
Long since gone.

bobby stevenson 2017

Gods and stars

We were ruled by Gods and stars,
You and I,
What chance did we have?
I heard a man born with one song in his heart,
Lighten the woes of a million other lonely souls,
And I saw a woman with one story, tell it again,
And again, and again,
And we were all the better for that.

We never stood a chance,
You and I,
But still we tried our very best,
And looking into each others' eyes,
We saw a kind of hope.

We were ruled by Gods and stars,
You and I,
And despite all of that,
We lived,
And we loved,
And we were here.


bobby stevenson 2015
photo: www.roibal.net

The Time That's Left

There was once upon a time, when I put myself on a shelf for the sake of peace and quiet. Every time someone took a step forward, I took a step back. Every time they said something dangerous, I kept quiet, because I felt theirs was more the just cause. Every time they criticised, I let their hate increase due to my silence. But having spent so long on the shelf and realising the mess you have made of it all, I am no longer going to keep quiet, or step back. I am going to head off down the road and spend what time I have left on me. 

bobby stevenson 2015

Don't Hate, Just Love

It’s a very short life, 
And an amazing one, 
Full of miracles and caring,
With a universe or two, or maybe more, thrown in,
All decked out with black holes and sunsets,
And yet you chose to spend it hating,
And loathing, and hitting and shouting,
And name calling and abusing. 
Whatever this is, it's a short life,
And in your hating, 
You've missed the greatest
Experience of your existence,
Don’t hate, just love.


bobby stevenson 2013

100 Years From Now

dinosaur footprint  Texas Uni.

                                                

100 years from now, nothing of this life will be remembered,

Not you, nor I, nor once that we were here,

We only stayed long enough to scratch the sand upon the beach before the

Tide took back its own.

100 years from now, no one will know my name, nor care

That here I stood and lived a life with all those

Other nameless souls,

Yet we knew each other by the joy and sorrow

Trapped inside our eyes

And each of us took that remembrance to our graves.

bobby stevenson 2013/14

The Ghosts Of My Family

There was a moon that night,

That shook my comfortable existence

On this little Earth

And as I looked at the stars

I almost lost my breath

I remembered what the great men had said

That I was made from the heart of dying stars

All of me was not from here, but belonged out there

And as I closed my eyes

I realised that those twinkling lights

Were not just heavenly bodies

But like an ageing photograph

Were the ghosts of my family

Long since gone.

bobby stevenson 2013  

photo: 8track.com

In A Heartbeat

In a heartbeat,

The car turned the corner too fast, and turned over,

The last thing the mother did was scold her

Son for chewing loudly

In a heartbeat

The lonely girl bumped into the guy who was leaving

For good and she wasn’t lonely any more

“It’s funny how we met,” she told her children.

In a heartbeat

He smiled at her and talked about their next trip

And then the darkness covered the side of his face

And he slipped away from her

In a heartbeat

He scratched the lotto card

One hundred thousand it said

And that was the amount of friends he gained

In a heartbeat

He screwed up the cigarette and promised himself

That was that

And it was

In a heartbeat

The sun warmed his face and he smiled

And the blackness let him be for a few kind minutes

In a heartbeat

As she sat alone at the bar, a friend joined her and another

And another and in a heartbeat, she knew she was the lucky one.

bobby stevenson 2013