2016 - Page 21 of 47 - Hayden Veil

Prompt: Hey, do you believe in rabbits? In whirlwinds and magic? :-)

By Hayden Veil - 30 May 2016

Yes. Got something prepared for you 🙂

in transit

By Hayden Veil - 29 May 2016

Yet again I find myself in transit
from cloud nine and fluffy bunnies
pushed out of a plane, I cannot feel
a shute on my back but I hope it is
there, with string to pull, if needed.
I made a promise to myself, me and I
to pace myself, work less and live life
healtier day by day.

Why then at the end of the working week
did I not remember a simple four digit PIN
mine used literally every day
to pay for a takeaway. Embarrassing.

There was am offering of mead and
beer from tap, a festival of drinking,
with summer here at last. I had to
decline amid fears of falling off
falling off the wagon
to reach the final stop

in transit yet again
free falling lonely
spinning slowly
a cat’s landing
I pray for

sodium chloride

By Hayden Veil - 28 May 2016

I could choose to take
everything you say
with bags of salt
the sum of all your words
to be less than their parts,
the letters not written
the cheap ink
the art
without proper full stops
a lie; a part
or I could fool myself
hoping that you
actually care
noticing that I had
lost some weight
cracking up at my jokes
wanting to share
your time and my
thoughts
What would you answer
if you had read this far
am I dillusional or is
this summer at
last

Poetry Prompts Please

By Hayden Veil - 28 May 2016

Hi, to my horror I realised that my queue is now empty. All that was written is out there, and to avoid just recycling old stuff I need some inspiration. I have taken a liking to write to prompts so I would appreciate pointers to prompt blogs and also if you have your own ideas of prompts please reply to this post.

Do you have that special prompt?

CRACKS

By Hayden Veil - 27 May 2016

I didn’t see the cracks in
the floor, widening as the
weeks went by. Candles
not burning as bright as
they had through the
years gone before.
The rocky road, the
tumble and the
falling. Fear an
absentee with the
safety net approaching.
Deeper and deeper
in the well of life,
through the endless
lies, no net in
sight.

NEW BEGINNINGS

By Hayden Veil - 27 May 2016

I do confess I sometimes wonder
Of pigs and sheep of new beginnings

I am but one, a sole survivor, at least I hope my path is longer
Getting stronger as days get longer a lighter mind a subtle change
Nothing seen but less of sorrow fills my days until the morrow

If you asked I wouldn’t know limited my skills are few
No coming back no going forward the nights are cold the mornings hollow

The doors are closed the windows open
Cold chills down my back my head is hurting
The knees are aching from all the praying
Who prays these days
Expecting answers
Fools – wanting new beginnings

LIKE NO TOMORROW

By Hayden Veil - 27 May 2016

Am I wrong, or seeing mirrors?
Are you wide awake or running on autopilot?
Do you enjoy them? Those in line, me among them, in a queue so long.
No end in sight, all ages and all colours.
From niece to nanny, screaming children and moaning mothers.
They’re all the same, grieved and sorrow, all so troubled like no tomorrow.
Awaits your blessing and awaiting their salvation.
Hope you carry, hope is the message of today.

I do my hardest to make you laugh.
My mind is clear you deserve it all.
Day in day out, stuck inside your tiny room.
Window sill the size of a book.
You laugh with me, or at me, you decide.
Do you have a rock? Someone to lean on, brick on brick.

Out of the darkness, would you enjoy me? Would you laugh with me? Could I take your worries away? Can you give me hope, or shatter my illusions? Like all the others.