Poetry Drafts / 27 April 2016

METAL MAN

After meeting you
I gave up
a lifetime of
shielded safety.
I volunteered
undressed
armour first
a child revealed
thinking you
keep me safe
always.

No.

The armour
no longer
fits me so I
stand naked
and alone
regretting decisions
vaguely remembered.

About The Author

Hayden Veil

In an earlier incarnation, Hayden Veil enjoyed a successful career in software engineering, writing late-night poetry in pursuit of sanity. On 2 February 2020, the world of Hayden Veil changed: Ghosts became real and with its soul laid bare there was no turning back from the perpetual path of poetry.