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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W o r d s

There is no difference between this day and the other / I am still me / my phone remains the same / my language skills have not changed / so then why oh why are the letters I assemble / not coming together / to anything that remotely makes / sense / …

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It’s 5.35am and the birds are singing in tune. The sky is still dark-ish so I guess the daily sleep is on. I no longer care if sleep comes at night or during the hours of light. It comes when I am ready, and nobody cares; either way.

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oil on finely chopped lumber

Tomorrow I will paint

Broad strokes on an empty canvas

My truths will be revealed

stories shared between friends

and us

hunger

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There is no silence between my breaths / the mice / the mice are everywhere / breathe …. breathe / nibble,,, nibble,,, bleed / and the next mission …. compromised / the silence / your breast^H^Hth / I am scared / and hungry

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Moments

There were moments, and then there was paprika. In abundance both admirable, in pinches; bland. There were moments, and then there was nothing. An insufficiency of stimuli, in a moment that wasn’t.

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staff:

Congratulations! You’re a Webby nominee.

Tumblr is in the running to win a Webby (@webbys) for best community on the internet—and it’s all thanks to you. This is our eighth Community nomination. With your help, it can be our sixth win.

You’ve created some beautiful little communities here on Tumblr. You’re welcoming, you’re passionate, and if we must be honest, just the right amount of weird.

Where else on the internet are you going to find SKAM fans who translated each and every episode into English for those who don’t snakker norsk? What other platform is home to witchblr—the people who see the magic in everything, from emoji spells to crystal instructional guides. You are the community who got together for the first-ever virtual march—an online march for each and every person who was not able to physically attend a March For Our Lives rally. You are the people that host your own Tumblr prom every single year so no one feels left out. That’s because no one is left out here on Tumblr. Everyone is welcome.

You’re what makes Tumblr feel like home.

So go on and vote before the polls close this Thursday, April 19. We’re rooting for you.

We would be building even better communities if you (Tumblr) could be bothered to fix the issues we have reported in your apps!

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u

Sometimes I write for you, other times I write about you, but most of the time I write because of you

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