Poetry Drafts / 20 August 2016

ducks in acrylics

ducks in acrylics
barking dogs ruffling
feathers
the pond I ponder
over yesterdays
the nows and thens
the whos and whys
the lakes beside me
covering the floor
the bodily tears
from trying too hard
ducks in acrylics – not
this painting my friend
is real

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.