Poetry Drafts / 8 January 2017

The Ghost of “Festive Season” Past

Unchained I will devour you,
mercy blanket won’t suffice,
the vitals revealed, again; the
recovering; processing of tender
bones; sucking marrow dry; stay
fettered; stay safe; stay you;
free me not; whatever you do

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.