Poetry Drafts / 9 October 2016

The List

The list of not so clever things

some said while

others done

hiding deep inside

of me

the carpet covers

cardinal sins

dark deeds

done without

poison done

within

The list of not so clever things

is mine, and mine

alone

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.