Poetry Drafts / 3 September 2017

coming out

I came out – a writer
a long, long time ago
I came out – no lightning
in a language, fading slow
I came out – dreaming
of healing a broken mind
I came out – hoping
my words could mend me
I came out – a writer
the dream of hope still
alive

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.