Poetry Drafts / 20 April 2016

PATRIARCH OF PRETENCE

I remembered a dream
from not long ago
a house of light
with hidden
secrets
A patriarch of
pretence
a walker of lies
a tosser of ties
a shadowy creature
I remembered a dream
from not long ago
the onefold – once
the twofold – twice
the threefold – thrice
the lies kept
keeping
the honesty
still weeping
alone

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.