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.

Our imminent demise

There is awkwardness

lingering between

chairs and

tripods

There is silence

awakening demons

within

There is nothing

keeping the fire

ablaze

as rumours of our

demise begin

I AM KING

I am king

ruler

my voice is

law

my slaughtering

innocence

your scars

bleed truth

I am king

ruler

my voice is

low

my slaughtering

impervious

to

your dying

thoughts

I die

I claim nothing

no victory

grasping thin air

slippery slopes greeting

tired eyes each morning

I stand

facing you

you smile

I die

beginning the journey

the first step is always

the hardest

Drugs help in deciding

the direction

left foot first

or right

needless decisions

needles deciding

the path of resignation

chosen

Vestas

In the circle of

Light

A box

Vestas

Hugging

The crown jewels

Unpolished

Blemished

Scarred

Resistance is futile

The birds chirp

of death

Get It Done

The task

If we choose to

Accept it

Is impossible and

We know it yet

Hesitation does not

Cross our minds

As we throw ourselves

Over the cliff’s edge

The desire to succeed

The overwhelming joy

Upon success we know

It was worthwhile

To get it done

cosmic rays unbalanced

The mirror cracked

from time woven

interference patterns

Straight A

flattened

sharpened

through the tunneling

of cosmic rays

unbalanced

The mirror cracked

as all

perished

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