Poetry Drafts / 21 April 2016

PRIMED

Raised among thieves

and stray-dogs

Hardened by fires in

cities on flame

Sharpened the skills on

fields of death

Primed and ready for

anything – but Her

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.