Poetry Drafts / 20 March 2017

She said

She said :

“dance like nobody is watching”

I stumbled, trying, their backs turned and minds focused on distant dreams

“write like nobody is reading”

I scribbled, trying, their eyes wavering and my words in cursive ignored

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.