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.

TO BLOG OR TO REBLOG?

(this one is obviously not completely mine…)

The blog or to reblog, that is the question — Whether ‘tis Nobler in the mind to suffer critique bombardment of Unknowns. Or to reblog the dreams of days long gone. And by opposing show them wrong.

Above the clouds

On 4th of March at midday
a knock on the door
a parcel left outside
no name or other clue

Inside a note
“Wear me at night”
Signed
“Yours Sincerely
Xavier LeClevere”

It was a helmet of sorts
Two halves, strapless design
In Steel blue reflectionless
Glass

As dusk turned to night
I donned the device
Lied down on the bed
Contemplating rest

But sleep came not easy
In fact it came not
To visit that night
or others following

As far as they could tell
I had spent years in
that place, my muscled
detetiorated, being alive
a miracle

All I remember was flying
crossing the skies in a
chariot of light
I was God, creator of all
watching, smiling at the
insanity of it all

DISCONNECTED

You once said if you’d
ever meet
Dave Grohl you
wouldn’t know
what to say
there was no
connection there
Well babes, that’s
how I feel with
everyone I meet

WASTER OF TIME

In steaming milk

the lumps

afloating

reminders of

days long gone

memories of

better times

of richness and beauty

across the land

Now spartan walls

in all directions

a crumbling floor

begreets my eyes

every morn

the broken arrow in

shoulder stuck

singing karaoke on

its own

Cupid – shooter –

waster of time

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