Poetry Drafts / 18 October 2016

I die

I claim nothing

no victory

grasping thin air

slippery slopes greeting

tired eyes each morning

I stand

facing you

you smile

I die

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.