Author name: 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.

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silence-manhorse:

Little cover of California burritos by Rumbleseat/Chuck Ragan. Sorry Chuck

I just had to add the lyrics as I sooo relate to this song

CHUCK RAGAN LYRICS

“California Burritos”

How cold can a heart become

Before it crumbles

Or decides to stay numb

I know what it’s like to feel cold

I don’t wanna die alone

‘cause I can’t stand feeling nothing

I can’t stand feeling old

I cant stand standing for nothing

When standing up is all I know

So why waste another day

Turning our backs

And walking away

I wanna feel everything

I wanna grow in every way

Because I can’t stand feeling nothing

I can’t stand feeling old

I cant stand standing for nothing

When standing up is all I know

I can’t stand feeling nothing

I can’t stand feeling old

I can’t stand standing for nothing

When standing up is all I know 

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Songs From My Past

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They will never fade from my
                              memory,

the songs that marked
                              the end
                                  of
                         relationships,

      It must have been love


                 Torn

There are no other songs 

                        I care to 

                       remember

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Sunlight – too little you die; too much
you die. Today I sit outside. The sky is
blue and clouds are nowhere in sight.
My skin curls as the rays lands upon my
fair complexion. There are children about,
behind the panel fencings, and birds; less
contained, happy I guess; they always
sound the same regardless. Some clouds
would have been nice, for shade; and looks
no doubt. Fluff in the sky. Missing this day.

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There is obsession
                         Lurking
Never far from
                   Resurfacing
Kept at bay by
                 Pharmaceuticals
I desire satisfaction
I crave satisfaction
I only get my satisfaction
                     From a brain
                       in overdrive

Behind me the bridges are
                                      Burning
Angry faces fading in and out of
                                        Shadows
my doing
           Without
                Doubt

There is obsession
                         Lurking
                              In the
                                 Dark

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thequeensenglish:

John Muir (L) (April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914) was the The famed Scotsman who persuaded the US president to save and protect America’s wildest open spaces.

Few Scots have made such a long-lasting impression on America as John Muir. Even now, 180 years after his birth, he is remembered as the ‘Father of the National Parks’.

Young John Muir arrived from East Lothian with his family in 1849. He soon dedicated his life in the US to sharing his passion for nature.

Muir became an evangelist for the great outdoors, preaching his message of conservation through his evocative writing; warning against encroaching development and the impact of farming on wild spaces.

All the while he encouraged people to get outside and lose themselves in the wonder and beauty of the natural world.

Muir’s campaigning played a key role in establishing Yosemite in California, as a National Park and he lobbied successfully for the creation of further protected parks.

Among those who listened to the Scot was President Roosevelt.

In 1903 Muir escorted him on a three day trip into the wilds of his beloved Yosemite, using the time to convince the politician of the need to preserve the country’s spectacular wide open spaces.

Photo: President Roosevelt with John Muir in Yosemite, 1903.

Source: BBC Scotland.

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