Poetry Drafts / 21 April 2016

YOU ASKED AND I GAVE

You asked and I gave
little things always – tea pot

You asked and I gave
eight shivers at night – delight

You asked and I gave
seeds for growing – once

You ask and I give
nothing – anymore

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.