Author name: Hayden Veil

At the time of writing 
Ignorance was bliss,
I found myself blessed by
The Mistress of Dawntime,
Her embracing feathers &
Juvenile smile

At the time of reading
Ignorance all but rejected,
I found myself grasping for
The straws of crop circles,
The fringe across the forehead
An itching smirk

At the time of judgement
Ignorance long since purged,
I found myself unreachable,
The Mistress a mere memory,
The crops merely 
Weed 

A starling darts towards a flaming light
A sun receives its concluding thoughts 
Why do I bother flapping these unused wings
Why do I bleed with an unseeming purpose 
Oh how I long to proclaim my legacy 
Oh how I wish to be that consequence
To spread my wings
To engender through thoughtful sins
To find once more my accompanying song
To feast around the fireplace of life

A starling darts towards a flaming light
Wings alight and screaming
The ultimate sin – fulfilled 

Unchain me
Let me rediscover my capricious mind
To love or to hate in equal measures
Unchain me and – begone!

Unchain the path in hidden clouds
Too distant the memories of love
Too vague the shadows of hatred
Unchain me or yous will wither

Unchain the forgotten pastures
The striped shirt neatly pressed
A tie to bind and income to sustain
Unchain me now – or else...

Unchain me now then leave me be
Let me meander under fallen skies
Rage at the dying stars unloved
Unchain me now then watch me –

Rise 

Order order
Words in order

Order order 
The judgements
Fall

Order order 
The stanzas come
Unaligned and 
Dissonanced

Order order
Words in order
Worlds of wonder
The judges rule
Their soles crushing

All hope of

                    Progression

I breathe in your raging fire
Choke on its acrid smoke
Words once merely

    Innocent 

Now tears the fabric of my 

    Verity

So young at heart, yet so 
Far beyond the date of
Human expiry, I no longer
Meander among the

    Living

This moment of incertitude
Obscured by persistent rain &
Clouds of judgement, clouds
My 

   Judgement

A final thought mayhap 
Where to – 
Why can I not see
The path taken hitherto
The path towards this 

    Oblivion

Without the powers to 
Foresee, I seek without 
Finding the untrodden path
The byway towards

    Salvation

Towards Salivation
I wail,  grasping the trunk
Shaking for the rotten fruit
To drop, wishing for a wind to
Take me to the house of 

    Ale

Away from the house of hell
To take me far beyond 
The point of 

    Returning

Alas, reality returns with
Your eyes alight, poisoned
Uncovered veins 

    Vibrating

I breathe in your raging fire
Choke on its acrid smoke
Words once merely 

    Innocent 

Tears now the fabric of my 

    Heart