Poetry Drafts / 23 April 2016

SEVENTEEN AND STILL SMILING

Seventeen and
still smiling, the
innocence of
growing up,
pain free
days and light
in all tunnels,
careful – it will
come to an end
all too soon

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.