Poetry Drafts / 21 April 2016

NO ONE ASKED

Spin the bottle
on the floor a
seated circle
youth learning
behind closed
doors – all but one
No one questioned
the cold sweating
the running away
the not being there
the absentee
No one asked
Why
No one asked
Who
No one asked
When
No one asked
Why
No one cared
enough to see
an empty bottle
spinning
endlessly

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.