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.

until the end of time

There is a carpet under my stairs

a red carpet stored just in case

one day one who deserves it

falls from the sky and begs

to enter

I will roll it out and make it

splendid

on my knees I will greet her

on my feet I will ease her

on my back I will please her

until the end of time

the traveller

I folded space and time as

pizza dough roughly

Bouncing through the ages

the silicon filled inlays

never made sense

Lighting solar fusions

from matching pairs of

stockings

Drowning sorrows in

cheap red

wine

As above, so below

The lesser of two …

unbound glory of the whole

unconsciousness unaltered

the peak rising

the union gathering

the God is

awaiting
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Prompted by a @maxmundan prompt: As above, so below

oรน est la clรฉ

Where is the key

for the magical unlocking

to open the door

that was meant

for me

My destiny to be

the dream fulfilled

the answers spilled

no questions remain

the door closing

behind me

tears

In the kitchen

wearing nothing but an

apron

chopping and

changing

bags of onions

and

tears flowing

shiver

As I send forth these thoughts

I shiver

Knowing full well I will fail

to deliver the truth of that

which in my mind is the only

truth worth remembering.

I hoped to convey to you

the difficulties I find

standing alone

of walking away from

the hand that fed me

of the love that shed me

the tears that never

rolled down my clean shaven

cheeks, and a friendship

gone awry.

But I fail in that

as in many other

endeavours undertaken

thoughts mistaken

for truth, ideas

fulfilling promises

from youth.

Shivering I fall to my knees

begging your forgiveness

please.

the tug

Watered-down milkshake in a leaking mug // the straw stands erect by sticky tape unobserved // in moonlight shady shapes limp // resembling men before the tug // whipped cream // whipped cream // dreams of whipping // bare chested – puffy nipples // licking tugging licking tugging // shades of men circling // a naked body unmoving

locker 239

Solitude – a tree wispering

paydays no longer shining clearly

the office vibration

the fading memories

of purpose

Daemons ran my days

never nine to five

Demons haunt my nights

in shades of gray – always

Subtleties as lips on lips

images in dreams only

locker 239 is emptied

the road ahead

lonely

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