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.

Poetry Drafts / / By

this dagger of unbroken steel / polished insanity in a shivering hand / a madman’s vision of a better future / the fire burns bright / though comfort is absent / this dagger of hope / a night without ending / a madman’s vision / insanity reigns together

Poetry Drafts / / By

The basics – a shopping list

This shopping list should by no means be used to try and understand my current state of mind,

  1. Washing up liquid x2
  2. Coffee x2
  3. Orange juice x2

Although to some it might indicate I suffer from dehydration, or a deep yearning for snow, all I can say is that these were the the only things that came to mind, when I thought of tomorrow and my need to stay alive

Poetry Drafts / / By

“I am a subspecies of human that nobody should morn the loss of ”

– me, mourning the demise of male northern white rhinos

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