Poetry Drafts / 27 November 2022

Displacement

How long
How far
How deep
How high

is the ledge I keep jumping off
will I sink this time
from the shore can I swim unaided
can I hold this breath of mine

Too high for birds to soar
Too deep for fish to swim
Too far to find another shore
Too long to ever consider another

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.