Poetry Drafts / 16 March 2018

mates

tonight we gathered / the mates of old / a few drinks shared / with news from all / the local waterhole / a convenient spot / to remember / among friendly faces / how things progress; how things do not / I shared my story / withholding naught / about months in bed / about disabling pain / about failing sleep / and the long way back / tonight we gathered / the mates of old / their support / overwhelming

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.