the fear of feeling anything apart from safe drives my life and my numbing exercises, the excessive consumption of nectar, the carefully interwoven patterns of fondling of self and the hours that remain – sold to whomever pays the highest, the avoidance of all else is the price I pay – to feel safe
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.