Poetry Drafts / 8 May 2016

A LIFELESS MACHINE

afraid of failure
he pressed pause
the ungreased cogs
stopped turning
a lifeless machine
left to wither
all quiet – bar the
silent beating of
his heart.

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.