Poetry Drafts / 27 August 2016

let it be

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

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.