Poetry Drafts / 18 September 2020

All Rise

A serpent’s call to arms
a mother’s cry for a missing child
a onesie with floppy ears
a murder unsolicited
our truth much less beneign
our freedom here on trial

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.