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.

I WOULD SAY YAY

I would say yay if
your lips met mine and
intertwining tongues talked and
left no bitter aftertaste
if you’d say you felt the
energy, the vibration
like never before when
the hands of light hovered
over your naked back
in the moonlight

CURSED WITCH

Age of reason
age of treason
daemons roaming
forests of old.
Dry stone walls
dividing the lands,
sheep roaming
and grasslands
blooming
Homestead killing
streams of blood,
witches burning
stakes on high –
the hunt goes on.

SPOONING AND JOY

When I awoke today you were gone. Your side of the bed was already made, like no one had slept there at all. With the morning yawn the vague recollections of spooning and joy resurfaced once more. Will they never stop, as the years go by and the memories of you keep fading.

BOOHOO

Empty paint buckets
Calling for friendly
Brushes
Strokes of love
An empty canvas
Longing for
Touch and
Retouch

YOU ASKED AND I GAVE

You asked and I gave
little things always – tea pot

You asked and I gave
eight shivers at night – delight

You asked and I gave
seeds for growing – once

You ask and I give
nothing – anymore

YOU SLUT

you smoked – but didn’t

we attended mass – yet never

your friend said you didn’t fuck around so

making you pregnant a world away – gawd I’m good

you slut.

LANGUAGE PLEASE!

twitching lips and flaring

nostrils

behave OR face the music

the pendulum swings

NO LONGER

the clocks stopped

TICK TICK TICK i-n-g

her dress ripped

bare nipples

PUT THE GUN DOWN!

there’s children around

show your age and

mind your language

the night is young and

the bitch’s still bleeding

4.02 a.m

You said dance
like nobody is watching,
write as if no one
will ever read
so all I can do
is write on your wall
LOVE ME, LOVE ME
LOVE ME

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