Poetry Drafts / 23 August 2021

In the Forest of Forever

I am all shadow, all bark
Roots deep in the marshland of claws 
I am roadkill abandoned 
Car chase disaster unrecoverable 
I am the walking dead, one
Crash test dummy laughing 
I am all shadow, all bark
In the forest of forever

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.