Poetry Drafts / 17 April 2016

NOT WAVING

When is it too late to alter the course of a sinking ship? To rescue the rats nibbling at coffers of metals auspicious

being the last to leave

afraid to swim

sinking

deeper

with

every

breath

take

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.