Poetry Drafts / 11 August 2020

elvis never left the building

Elvis never actually left the building
he turned off the air-con
upped the heating to max
then turned in a pirouette
laughing out loud as the mirrors tumbled

I WALK FREE

beneath your shattered dreams
behind your broken backs
beyond your understanding
before the fall of man

I am

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.