Poetry Drafts / 5 May 2016

THE OPPOSITE?

What is the opposite of a hang-up?

I used to say I had one

hang-up

but with time I added more

and more so now

I think I need

a word for the opposite

the last remaining

non-hang-up that I can

claim to be my trait

So what is the opposite of

a hang-up?

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.