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.

Glossy Lips

Spiders,
The silken soft threads that wraps me
The wholly unshaven, wavering thought
Abandonment
The yarn that binds me
I waver
I no longer…
Long…
For the spy I once was
The gladiator; cold
A biped
Kissed on the cheek
The abating shivers of old,
dancing

I cannot remember

I cannot remember
remember the days
the days with rising sun lifting
lifting my spirit high – yet again

I cannot remember
remember the hours
the hours the bell tolled
the bell tolled twice – yet again

I cannot remember
remember the minutes
the minutes passed slowly
slowly awakening trust – yet again

I cannot remember
remember the seconds
the seconds that mattered
the matters foretold – yet again

I cannot remember
remember the promise
the promise I gave you
your promise to me – never said

acid burning still

No, I never agreed to sell my soul to the Devil. He came and took it when I looked the other way. Turned the blind eye to the path well lit, I chose the shadier ways. No, there was no contract written, between the bearded saint; the goat and me. I made no choice consciously, and the acid burning still; in me.

blending

The mad man lived among men
Blending in
Bleeding out
Remorseless demons haunting
Prescribing pills
Preventing rebirth
Reigning in the modern age
Painted lips
Red as roses
The shivers come with night falling
Candle lit
Shadows dancing
Molly – Molly – Molly
Are you out there?
Molly – Molly – Molly
Come back soon
Back to the living
Blending with his
Bleeding lips of
Torment – banishing
Shadows from
Demons of old

nibble

If I ever do push down on you
resist me not
my lips so silent walking talking
skin upon lip
your ear
my nibble
your tears
my …
shivers shared
sandy beach
towels
wind
lust extinguished

the embrace of nil

A prayer once said
a statement,
an intention expressed.
Doubt and deliberation in a mind gone
blank
The lust
awkward
sincerity of shadows
the embrace of nil
a calling
of shivers

a failure

Your pawn, erected. Stiff. Spineless but still standing tall. The ride bumpy, the rose redish pounding. Mine as yours as ours unfold, seismic the beginning, apocalyptic the ending. Without cuddles, a failure.

At -4C

Mindfulness; in my most basic form; tepid
Brainless(ness); advanced formula ferret; sauted
Sweet pea; in a pod; crumbles

I shut you out

It’s not like I don’t wanna be friends like; it’s more like I know the shit that comes when letting people come too close to me. That shit is the source of all the other shit that follows. So I shut you out.

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