Poetry Drafts / 5 July 2017

Pilferage

Your words; naked
You; draped in black cloth
Your words; naked
You; with scythe swinging short
Your words; naked
You; taking that was not
Your words; naked
You; perish into dust

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.