Poetry Drafts

I Was Only 15 When I Passed Away

I was only 15 when I passed away.
I stand here today, not expecting
Sympathetic smacks, or cordial
Cracks; the burning of fire crackers
Wasted.

I was only 15 when I passed.
Her shine, the claws that held
Me never felt real, the
Upbringing a slaughterhouse
Without hands, without fists
Bumping, a life wanting.

I was only 15,
She wore fishnet
Stockings,
Spreading her
Legs for pleasure
As I tossed myself
Off.

I was
Only
15,
When
I
Passed
Away.

A tosser,
Dreaming.

solid skin screaming

I am happy now, as the wolf crosses a
Path less trodden; a path less worn.
The withering of a cleavage
Busted, a flat solid skin screaming for
Touch. I touch and I care as I touch
Her, the one with a heart. Under or
Without matters not, I care but I
Tell not. Cannot. Dare not. Share
What my heart wants, between the
Sheets I dream, of her. You, not
Aware of this yet dreaming. Embrace
Me, call me the fool, I will comply, I
Will accept my roots and the promise โ€“

To be yours.

I Laugh at Alice

I let my fingers walk down your
Perfectly shaped back, a meandering
Between the essence of grace and
The seven of eight.

My ex poured the venom, I embraced
Her honest honing, her breaking of
Necks; and skilled fever reluctance.

I love her. She, the unknowing
Participant in the feeble boyโ€™s
Dreaming. I laugh at Alice, the wolf
I crave. I embrace her unwilling
Honesty.

I undress her. Armless. Blind. In
Love. Loving kind. A kindling
Dry.

Screen Snog

I kissed the screen, the window to
The world, in appreciation. Your
Love, a quick response to a writing
Mattered, to a loving
Scattered
Across the inter-web.

Who you are matter less than
The love you shared. My thanks
To you I give, thanks I give to
You a stranger. The Who and
Unwrapped dreams,

The dreams; the dreams of Time,
the clock ticks, as my heart beams
For the chaos

Delish

I relate to your darkness,
The folding of the empress
Into the moot; the moth &
The light gone dark, darkening;
Darjeeling sips,
Painted lips,
The Base Bouncing Beats,
The Base,
The Face,
The Billie
Ey
Lish,
Frowning:

Delish

a future foretold

Please put the future on repeat,
On retreat, in the shadows of a
Day like this day, of a bouncing
Merry; by treat and mistreat of
A walking stick dubbed Mary; oh
those feet I cherised.

I walk, I wobble, I called you out.
The sisters and the painted veil;
Disengaged. Heathen, indeed on
Paved and littered roads, of paths
From paradise fallen.

Show yourself, show your features
And the rampant rage; the rape
Untold, the butter melting between
The sheets; between the tweets &
The mournings.

Please put the future on repeat,
I hate to say I told you otherwise,
I hate to play your unwashed
Fold. I walk into the future you
Foretold: paradise lost &

Lonely.

Ghosts: Poems in Black and White

Ghosts frequently haunt the places we desire the most in our search for solitude: our memories. Our ghosts are personal, intimate, and often unreasonable foes of days long gone. Over time they become our sparring partners in the eternal ring of unyielding fires, refusing to heed our cries for mercy.

Ghosts is a collection of personal poetry painted in black and white. Poems dealing with past and present ghosts, and with the life and inevitable death of the poet they left behind.

Please be aware: the topics covered herein may be upsetting to some readers. There is explicit content: strong language, references to abuse and scenes of a sexual nature; plus frequent misuse of punctuation, grammar, and the English language.


Available now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Waterstones, plus many other online book sellers around the world.


Published: 12 August 2020
Publisher:ย Hayden Veil
Genres:

Copyright ยฉ 2021 @behind-the-veil-of-sanityโ€‹ / Hayden Veil

… and darkness spread

โ€ฆ and darkness spread across the land,
like paint from an overturned bucket,
Magnolia at its best, making the
Old Masters superfluous

โ€ฆ and darkness spread across the land,
calling forth the wind and howlings,
speaking truth with no ears fluttering,
the silence dropped its anchor

โ€ฆ and darkness spread across the land,
and men tried and men tied their
laceless shoes, stumbling onwards
blindfolded

โ€ฆ and darkness spread across the land,
the rivers sourced in unseen eyes,
an unending supply of salty

water

the silence

There is no protection
Against the silence,
The words desperately
Wanted; the never spoken
Neither lovingly nor in
Anger. The silence
A dagger even blunt
Turns the kindest of souls

Into murderers

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