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.

Watching my brethren

Hearing their voices

My voice

My silent voice

Reverberating

Watching my brethren

Hearing their torment

My torment

My silent torment

Reverberating

Watching my brethren

Hearing their selves

My self

My silent self

Illuminated

LIES

I grabbed my pen

And started scribbling,

Doodling a scythe and

a Grim Reaper,

I turned to words

Expressing anger,

I twisted; I turned

And then fuck it,

I ripped the paper

Into a million pieces,

I took my lighter

And lit the ghost,

I fed my desire

Into the fire,

I chanted the words

So long forgotten,

Of revenge and

Butchering Barbie’s babies,

The bell tolled thrice

A death-knell sighing,

Sigh…

Sigh…

Sigh…

Forgetting this I can not do,

Forgiving this I will not do,

Yesterday’s Lie becomes

Today my sorrow,

Forlorn my life – foregone

Tomorrow

note to self: do you remember that feeling of despair you had a long time ago, the tight knot in the stomach and the darkness in your chest? Well, do come and greet its big brother! It was not anything you did in particular but I would suggest reading up on the module description before signing up the next time (if there will be a next time that is…). you fool. how could you not see the issues that group work would cause. mandatory forum participation with assessment of posting quality and level of interaction using suitable language. I mean it was meant as trap and you fell right in. you fool. so what are you going to do next? quit your studies of module 2? module 1 is almost at an end, only 2000 words left. You wonโ€™t receive a distinction but there was hope, at one point there was hope for a future. With all light bulbs blown, that future is gone; gone with the wind – a wind of change // no longer present

can I claim sadness without tears

Can I claim sadness without tears // my youthful years so swiftly came and went // awaiting now the one swallow to make my day // before autumn winds fill my sail // before the leaves of yesteryear // unshaven falls; unshaven falls; unshaven - falls //ย  beside me

a fistful of ugly

and there I was - thinking I could not go wrong again; but life waved its ugly hand: gloveless /// a two finger salute; a fist-full of ugly ?ยฟ? no longer in pursuit of my made-up dreams, the keeper of doors laughing; shut in face - in disgrace; my mirror cracked, and so my story ends.

all and nothing

All is good,
All is fair,
I swim downstream,
I laugh through prayer

All [โ€ฆ] good,
All [โ€ฆ] fair,
[โ€ฆ] broken,
[โ€ฆ] pray

,

/_โ€ข=โ€ข_/

,

I embrace my punishment; without a crime,
I bleed vividly; without a heart,
I stand tall; kneeling small
I am

,

no more

using only four-letter words

Today I will remain shallow,
Using only four-letter words,
Like okay,
Like fine,
Like sure,
Not to express truths,
Like lies,
Like fuck
You;
Me,
Keeping things safe,
Keeping things real,
Keeping things tidy,

,

,

Like snow; only more dear,

,

Like door bell: ding dong,

,

Like beat,
Like,
Beat,

,

Only; less fear,

,

full stop ends this shit: here.

unmarried

There are days when everything flows, when the dark and gloomy thoughts of [โ€ฆ] feels like; creative writing. Other days such thoughts; and perhaps rightly so, are the cause for serious worry. I think too much, I drink too much, and never will they marry.

Scroll to Top