Poetry Drafts / 31 December 2019

If I Wrote

If I wrote – of pleasures only
Words pleasing your sensitive skin
I would be mocked & branded liar
By those who know my name

If I wrote – of hurts & pains
Words cutting short your mundane day
I would be mocked & branded liar
By those who know my traits

If I wrote – through mirrors only
Words revealing the inner self
I would be mocked & branded liar
By those who know my face

If I wrote – for approval only
Words and expectations to match
I would be mocked & branded liar
By those who know my game

So I write not of pleasures only
nor of hurts & pains though true
I shun the broken mirrors &
the race for ratings glory gold

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.