Poetry Drafts / 18 October 2016

I AM KING

I am king

ruler

my voice is

law

my slaughtering

innocence

your scars

bleed truth

I am king

ruler

my voice is

low

my slaughtering

impervious

your dying

thoughts

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.