Month: August 2016

RJ45

Poetry Drafts / 29 August 2016 / By Hayden Veil

When I woke up today
I found a cable next to me
white with a RJ45 at one end
the other hidden in mist
far far away

I was disconnected
feeling lost
the answers not there
questions looped
back to back

Whistling for no reason
what was going on
urgent
urgent
leave the house

gravity no longer affected me
bouncing down the hill
feeling free
the sky was blue
everywhere

approaching the river
I tumbled and fell
rolling down the
fields of green
bouncing still

the figure in the boat
tall and still
asked no questions
just nodded and
pointed towards the stern

with the mist thinning
approaching the other side
the gray became ever present
silence all
around

disembarking down a narrow trail
rarely used paths diverging
in all directions shade
randomly picking one out of twelve
a field spread before me

in the moonlight standing still
a towering figure looming
“Did you think you could escape? My Eye is all seeing. It is time to reconnect, time for you to be free”
He approached me
cable in hand
RJ45 the standard

swimming in a blender

Poetry Drafts / 29 August 2016 / By Hayden Veil

You – daughter of Satan

I – … sigh …

swimming in a blender

awaiting the power on

event

back strokes in the

chopping lanes

blue blood soup

awaits

what will never come again

Poetry Drafts / 28 August 2016 / By Hayden Veil

the softest of lips

do I remember my first kiss

eons must have passed

beneath star free skies

even recalling the

the softest of lips

of my final kiss

betrays me

Prompted by a @maxmundan prompt: What will never come again

Poetry Drafts / 27 August 2016 / By Hayden Veil

sometimes  

        lazy takes over

 infinity

         strangled

Coming

Poetry Drafts / 27 August 2016 / By Hayden Veil

I take your “Coming Out” and raise you

“Not Coming For Years”

you poured cement into his shoes

welded his fly shut

turned your back and

walked off

laughing

Y R U ! A M8

Poetry Drafts / 27 August 2016 / By Hayden Veil

I C U

R T & ! T Y

0 2 w8 4

X 2 X 4 u 2

! H8 c

I I I

B * C *

4 U

B A M8

4 ME

please

let it be

Poetry Drafts / 27 August 2016 / By Hayden Veil

should I let it be

let it go on and

silently ignore the signs

turn the other cheeks

into the wind or sun

and pretend my

aging process stopped

along with the

free lunch long ago

the rotting teeth and

crackling feet with

aching knees

at midday

sitting down

the bleeding SURPRISING

junctions passed but never

taken

turning back a

constant matter

signs to some

of fading weather

but I just stick my

head in the sand

let it be as it was

meant to

Prompted by a @maxmundan prompt: let it be

love and fear (a study in bad handwriting)

Poetry Drafts / 25 August 2016 / By Hayden Veil

you ask for truths

of love and fear

my mind ahumming

repeated thoughts

unfinished

stressed out by

speeding bullets

dodging daily

dramas oft

sobriety a

stranger calling

my notes say

g love forget me not

as winter beckons

fear – not

a coffee stain smudge

obfuscated truth

learn – it was

reminder for

the day ahead

Prompted by a @maxmundan prompt: love and fear

a gift

Poetry Drafts / 22 August 2016 / By Hayden Veil

in another language

softly spoken and

one close to my blood pump

the word gift means poison and

married too

not a fragrance of desire

as my days are coming to an

end, the nights ahead will never

satisfy your kind

I give you a promise though

no matter how far I go

the memory of you will never

fade

the months just gone

our Crossing paths

the unknown and desireable

will always be

your parting gift

I know

thirst

Poetry Drafts / 22 August 2016 / By Hayden Veil

There is thirst
lingering thirst
knocking on the door thirst
waking you in the middle of night thirst
and then there’s
fcuk I need to drink that bottle of wine out of a pint glass thirst

not

wait

that

long