Poetry Drafts / 27 June 2019

Slaying the dragon

Slaying the dragon,
Slaying the ghosts,
I dream of hands
unfettered,
I dream of hands
alight

Each morning I see my
Face
Each morning I see my
Death

A mirror
A mirror
A mir at best

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.