Poetry Drafts / 8 March 2018

never cold

There are topics I should avoid altogether / triggers for memories buried below / buried and burned and drowned in acid / the strong words hidden once; still come / their perpetual whispers haunting me / and keep the hellish fires burning / never to go cold

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.