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Poetry Drafts / 8 July 2023

Dust gradually germinating
Grasping the concrete clay asleep,
A posh and pensive patchwork
Rooted in ash and dreams,
Nature’s need for care and compassion
Sloping shoulders and heaving chest,
Love my only mistress
As I care — and protect.

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.