Poetry Drafts / 25 December 2020

Wings Wavering

Farewell my dove / my rusty scythe in your trembling moonlight / rustic charm against innocent skin / the gentle strokes down the feathers / down the residual tensions until … / you snap / you crack / you waver / farewell my dove / farewell

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.