Poetry Drafts / 2 June 2021

As The Viper’s Bugloss Wilted

I left you without farewells
The only way I knew
The only way I could remain – sane

I left you a pink rabbit
For your circadian cravings
To save you – from yourselves

I left you with the knowing
You would only stay awash
While the voltaic charge – prevailed

I left you without a future
For your darkened moods
 
As the viper's bugloss wilted

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.