Winds of Change

The autumnal Aeolian laughed in
His face, affirming the wind of
change in his particular case –
Utterly inapplicable

Undeserving – he pondered on
The compulsion for change, on the
Longing for a lone word to spread,
To smear across the empty page
Of an unsullied – uncovered –
Pamphlet

The springing Scirocco whispered
Words of their unforgiving disapproval,
Words of vanity and passages of
Pretentiousness – Oh Pooh

Unnerving – he gobbled another
Handful of God-given goodies then
Slaked his thirst; the goblet
Brimmed with the stale waters of
His long abandoned well

The summer Squall cried for
Compassion,  urged for his untold
Words to be revealed, to revel in
Their freedom from his phobia of –
All things

Unwatched – his handsome features
Described in yesteryears by others thus,
Reflections in mirrors distorted by
Greed, and misunderstood for –
Wanting

The winter Wuther dull and dreary,
A roaring request to awaken,
Unheard and unheeded
A final call to arms –
Averted

Unrelenting – the closing of doors,
Like an avoidance of life apparent,
Like a jab of juice unfilled,
A desire for anything –
Wanted

A perennial draught of guilt and
Shame, always worn on sleeves
Of silk, presented yet so rarely
Revealed, most precious though
When served in
Anger 

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Winds of Change

The autumnal Aeolian laughed in
His face, affirming the wind of
change in his particular case –
Utterly inapplicable

Undeserving – he pondered on
The compulsion for change, on the
Longing for a lone word to spread,
To smear across the empty page
Of an unsullied – uncovered –
Pamphlet

The springing Scirocco whispered
Words of their unforgiving disapproval,
Words of vanity and passages of
Pretentiousness – Oh Pooh

Unnerving – he gobbled another
Handful of God-given goodies then
Slaked his thirst; the goblet
Brimmed with the stale waters of
His long abandoned well

The summer Squall cried for
Compassion, urged for his untold
Words to be revealed, to revel in
Their freedom from his phobia of –
All things

Unwatched – his handsome features
Described in yesteryears by others thus,
Reflections in mirrors distorted by
Greed, and misunderstood for –
Wanting

The winter Wuther dull and dreary,
A roaring request to awaken,
Unheard and unheeded
A final call to arms –
Averted

Unrelenting – the closing of doors,
Like an avoidance of life apparent,
Like a jab of juice unfilled,
A desire for anything –
Wanted

A perennial draught of guilt and
Shame, always worn on sleeves
Of silk, presented yet so rarely
Revealed, most precious though
When served in
Anger

Copyright © 2021 @behind-the-veil-of-sanity / Hayden Veil

Elyanna

Elyanna, mistress of the pipes
Blow him a final note
Take him to the otherlands
Where true bliss and joy
Reside

Elyanna, mistress of the pipes
Take a leaf from the tree of life
Grind it and absorb the elixir of
Truth, thrice so thunders the
Revelations

Elyanna, mistress of the pipes
Hear the words unspoken
Convey His sacred untold lore
The divine bridge once forsaken
Lay in ruins

Elyanna, mistress of the pipes
Rebuild his broken bones
Heal his unshielded mind
Reunite the scattered pieces of
A moribund guardian of Gaia 

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Elyanna

Elyanna, mistress of the pipes
Blow him a final note
Take him to the otherlands
Where true bliss and joy
Reside

Elyanna, mistress of the pipes
Take a leaf from the tree of life
Grind it and absorb the elixir of
Truth, thrice so thunders the
Revelations

Elyanna, mistress of the pipes
Hear the words unspoken
Convey His sacred untold lore
The divine bridge once forsaken
Lay in ruins

Elyanna, mistress of the pipes
Rebuild his broken bones
Heal his unshielded mind
Reunite the scattered pieces of
A moribund guardian of Gaia 

Copyright © 2021 @behind-the-veil-of-sanity / Hayden Veil

I Said No

You ask me for my index finger
I offer you my further
reaching,

You ask for more and more of
same, of sameness, kindness and
the final shiver,

You ask for careful kisses to
sooth your aching days
away,

You ask for answers given
in the margin of the book
unwritten,

You ask me for a singularity
And I -- I said

No

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You ask me for my index finger
I offer you my further
reaching,

You ask for more and more of
same, of sameness, kindness and
the final shiver,

You ask for careful kisses to
sooth your aching days
away,

You ask for answers given
in the margin of the book
unwritten,

You ask me for a singularity
And I -- I said

No

Copyright © 2021 @behind-the-veil-of-sanity / Hayden Veil

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

Copyright © 2021 @behind-the-veil-of-sanity / Hayden Veil

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

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I’ll begin another nap today, a hiatus from everything written, from all creative ambitions for which I feel such disconnect at present. I might be back, or not. I leave my testament here, only time will tell if it will be my final say.

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Note to self & listeners… You know those 20+ years you wrote from the heart not really considering the reader and how the words would be perceived in the mind of the receiver… Those years matters not; or matters little in the grand plan of … everything.


After a few months of studying the art of poetry I find them pretentious and vain. Them being the reference of learning and marks.


So here I stand at the crossroads of all. How to go on, and how to to find my purpose – here?


Any ideas? Any suggestions for one lost at sea …

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