what manner of love is this?

What manner of Love is This?
_____________________

What manner of
Man (or Beast)
is this? (she asks.)
Who cringes at
The Thought of Love's
Sweet Kiss!
(yet laments Hell's
smallest Task.)

Such Walking
Contradiction brings
my Weary Soul
Confliction!
(and I don't
know whether to
Cry or Laugh.)

Lo..Beautiful Evil!
I do Declare!
How it can Own
The Majority of People!
(with but a Stare.)

This is "My Truth."
(she says quietly
to herself) Curiosity
is A Hangman's Noose!
And Our Love the
Toller of Death's Bell!

(which shall Rob From
Me The Purity Of My
Youth.)
_

He never wanted
it to Be this Way..
(His Tomorrow The
Murderer of Yesterday.)
but None Escape
Their Starborn Fate!
Thus Darkness is
The Only Answer!
(that whispers softly
when He Prays.)

I must have you!
(he declares.)
In spite the fact
it will likely lead
our Souls to suffering.
For I'm compelled
By Angels Unaware!
(though the Fallen
Kind with Devil
Wings.)
_

Oh..what manner
of Love (or Hate)
is This?
(they ask in Chorus)
Damned By The
Fickle Kiss of Fate!

(that Whore who
stands in Awe Before
Us.)

j.s.h.

a soul unchained.

A Soul Unchained.
________________

I bled My Heart
out, and She Drank
it with a straw..
offering polite
"thanks you's" and
sweet Smiles between
Hungry Sips.

"Damn." she said.
(licking her angel lips.)
"is that really all?!"

"Why..I've never
tasted a Heart as
empty as this!"
(or seen one quite
so small.)

I Laughed Sadly
in a way that seems
to Scare off Tears,
and nodded quietly.

"Yes my Lovely"
(I replied.)
"I'm afraid it's
been this way
for Years."
(This Absence
Deep Inside of Me.)

Then Her Kaleidoscope
Eyes became bandaids
upon my shattered Soul..
eliminating ancient Fears,..
(acquired in The
Devils Hole) and
from that Moment
everything changed..
as if Fate broke The
Fabled Mirror.
(which had kept
My Soul in Chains.)

j.s.h.

every angel wears your face

every angel wears your face.
_________________________

It feels as though
my Mind has given
birth to 100 Angels
who all wear Your
Face..and they're flying
around my Head singing
songs that only the Heart
can understand.

And what brings them
to this place?...The
Inner Mansion of Life's
Darkest Man! (it could
be Nothing Short of Grace.)

Yes Love..
I've hurt you..
and torn half
of Your World
Down..

But There is
Heaven in
Your Virtue!,

which defeats
The Hell of
Former Frowns!

I feel the workings
of a Higher Fate..
leading us to This
Mysterious Garden
where Angels and
Demons Congregate..

and it is Here My
Love!

(that every angel
wears your Face.)

J.Stephen.H.

Oh My Flame.

Oh My Flame.
_______________

Oh My Flame..
You have Kissed
White the Crimson
Scars of War,..
and replaced
(with Light) The
Shadow Of My
Shame.

So that Death
I Am (and crave)
No More!!

and Gone is
The Constancy
of My Pain!

I will Love You
till My Soul
ceases wandering
from One Corpse
to the Next..

(spending  every
Moment with You
In My Head)

and if ever By My
Cruelty you are
made to Weep
may I be Vexed!!

(For Your Tears
are The Only Thing
which could Truly
Strike Me Dead.)

J.Stephen.H.

in verse my love you are eternal.

In Verse (My Love) You Are Eternal.
_____________________________

Why Pick
Roses
I know shall
Die?

What Testament
to Love
would
such Deed Be?

A Symbol of
Beauty fading
before The
Human Eye!

(choked by
The Blacker
Thorns of
Our
Heart's Reality.)

But ...
In Verse
(My Love)
You are
Eternal..

(when cast
into
The Social
Mind.)

whether
Angelic,
or Infernal!

(My Pen
Your
Name shall
soon
Immortalize!)

j.stephen.h.

waiting for loves most sacred moment.

Waiting For Love's

Most Sacred Moment.

________________

Last Night,..I
died in You..
and, (in spite
My Darkness)
Followed your
Heartbeat down
A winding
Tunnel which
led My Soul
Towards The
End's Blinding
Light..

as Your
Laughter
melted the
Melancholy
of every Devil
in The Room.

(and made their
Spirits Bright.)

I never before
would have
believed, that
A Single Kiss
could make Time
seem like an
Absurd Myth that
Believers (Frozen
in Love's most
Sacred Moment.)
joke about because
they realize (in
their Faithful Minds)
The World has been
Deceived.

(nor would I
ever have guessed
that such an Angel
would choose to
share The Moment
with "Me.")

_

and Last Night,
I was resurrected
beneath the fabrics
of sweat soaked sheets..
as the Bleak Tragedy
of My Life passed by..
like useless Memories
which no Longer taunt
That Scared Child who
hid (for so long) behind
His Impenetrable Wall
of  Grief!!

(waiting for Love's

Most Sacred Moment.)

so..thank you.

( I now Believe.)

J.Stephen.H.

The Hateful Thread of Fate.

The Hateful
Thread of Fate.

__________________

It Kills Me

to See..

Two Souls

dressed in

Bitter Skins

of Secret

Midnight

Tragedy...

sewn by

The Hateful

Thread of

Fate;

and Love
could

have been

Reality!

(were I

not A

Member of

Hell's Estate.)

×

I've watched

This Clock so

long The Hands

have grown Eyes

which stare deeply

Into My Hearts

Abyss...

waiting on a

Paradise
(that never

comes) to
Reveal

itself Through
The

Shadow of Love's

Kiss!

But I will not

allow Loneliness

to become the

Architect of My

Discontent. (nor

Inspire Existential

Dread.)

I shall merely

shed my bitter

skin instead,..

at Peace with

The Skeletons

in My Head!

(While Hoping
that

Time Fate

provides a Finer

Thread.)

j.s.h.