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.

candles and roses

monsoon rain washing up laundry

no re-run required

call me never more again and again

the light insufficient insignificant

reflections of you in mirrors

burning bright

my matches are wet

your tambourine twitching amiss

as our rosebuds

awaiting spring

No – Misaligned

Always out of tune
Just slightly off where
I ought to be
Never catching the break
that was part of the plan
Set out from the start
to fail I wonder
No results
Nothing to show for
No life
No more
No

packing up

Moving on – letting go
I never could
my suitcase full
dragging decades of
make believe
The pace aslowing
as autumn leaves
falling
the final steps
the hardest

freezing fog

The impatience, always hovering
impatience, pushing me down
brooding the freezing fog rolling
in from the east, will the shaking
ever stop I ask, not expecting an
answer

Tuesday Tumblings

I wonder
if I translate my
poetry
into the language
I was born
with
would that make
a difference
or simply
accentuate my
failures

four eyes

lowering yourself

carefully

unprepared

the sensory overload

inevitably

memories returning

friction turning less

lines of no tan

blending

scratch marks

invisible

silence of four eyes

screaming

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aquietjoy:

CAN YOU EVEN CALL YOURSELF A MEMBER OF THE TWC IF THIS IS NOT ON YOUR BLOG?  SERIOUS.

Well Mr H. in your time there was no submit button so you had time to wake up, put the kettle on before you realised your creations from the night before needed some tweaking. These days I only realise my time spent the night before as the Tumblr hearts start to arrive. The submit button is just too tempting a device to ignore in the heat if the moment. So write drunk I say, write drunk, sober moments only leads to regret.

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