Poetry Drafts / 18 September 2020

Shades of Failure

You may not know that
I share with you my inner
Being as truth be told.
You may not realise that
I share all with you
Keeping friends and family
In the shades, unknowing of
My achievements, unaware
Of my failures; ignorant of my
Essence
.

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.