Poetry Drafts / 23 January 2021

A Paper Trail

There was a paper trail,
apparently from the night before.

Words spoken with a pen，
apparently expressing their desire.

Illegible font on scrunched up notepads,
apparently frustration unovercome.

There was a paper trail,
apparently ending a night of –

thought.

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.