such roses never last.

Roses Never Last.
___________________

I sit up
Eating Words
until I Shit
My Heart Out
for you.

(but the smell
of Roses
makes it all
seem worth
it.)
_

Did you
ever think
it would be
The End so
Quickly?

That I
would Rant
away The Hope
We Had
For Better
Things?

I Always
figured that I'd
talk myself
back into
The Lonely.

(and Perish
Due To The
Torment
Our Love
Brings.)
_

Still,..
I Wish
I could've
touched
your Heart
enough so that
you didn't Shit
Me Out This Fast,

but..I imagine
it's only Nature.

(Considering
such Roses Never
Last.)

j.stephen.h.

without you i am damned

without you i am damned.
__________________

I hate it when
I make you Cry..

(inspiring Sickness
in an Angels Heart.)

Your Tears could
cause Shooting
Stars to Die.

(and Make The
World Turn Dark.)

Forgive me Love
for What I Am..

for
you deserve
so
Much Better..

than a Haunted,
Broken Man!

(who is
Darker since
we're
Not Together.)

My Love is
True in Spite
my Errors...

Truer than
The Truest
Truth!

Truer than
The Midnight
Terrors!

(which
stained
My Soul in
Youth.)

so
Forgive me
my Love..

for
everything
I Am. (and
cannot Be.)

but
Without You
I Am Damned!

(and deprived
of Destiny.)

j.stephen.h.

and then my angel said

and then my angel said:

The Mirror has many faces..
i will find it for you..because
our love is faceless and a
Faceless Love is capable
thus of Seeing The world
in all it's Graces."

to which I replied:

"There were dead things
here before..(within this heart)
until you came knocking on
My Door..and showed me
your angel art."

The pictures that you painted...
oh Love!..I've lived in them since...
walked the Gray sand beaches.. while bleeding beneath the
weeping stars! 

(eager to repent.)

She laughed...before replying:

Never Before. (has the dark so sweetly smiled)

Never Before.
(has the dark so
sweetly smiled.)
________

She lowers
her
eyes against
The
Night's Bleak
Suffocation..

"this is
Torment."

She
Thinks..

(This
Absence
of His
Words.)

The
Darkness
before
has never
Smiled so..

Nor fiercely
clutched
Her Golden
Heart.

(refusing
to let it
Go.)

This is
Madness...
surely..

but the
Cleansing
kind..

which
Frees
The Mortal
Soul!!!

(allowing
it to Shine
More
Purely.)

Madness
fit for
A
Queen
of
Devils
Damned,

who has
Always
been God's
Favorite
Lamb!!

(with
Intentions
White as
The
Morning
Snow.)
____

She is
The
Thin
Thread
of Sanity
He Hangs
From..

that keeps
him from
falling
into His Mind's
Lone Abyss..

and choking
on
The Ashes
of
a Black,
Half-
Dying Sun!

(which
brightens
considerably
when
they Kiss.)

Tis rare
to
be Perfect
for
One Another,
in An
Imperfect
World..

but
With The
Madness
of Their Love
they Save
Each other,

Thus will
Not
Be Defiled!!!


(and never
before has
The Dark So
Sweetly Smiled.)

j.stephen.h.

my one true destiny.

My One True Destiny.
__________________

Sacred Be The
Mysterious Angel
who consumed my
Darkened Eyes,
and replaced them
with Two Stars!..

I shall Love thee
for Eternity.
(as you Kiss away
My Scars.)

This World once
seemed a Wretched
Place, controlled
by an Evil Force..
until I discovered
Her Saving Grace.
(which led me down
a Better Course.)

Now I am A
Man of Light,
who believes
in God's Serenity!..
and wander
(purposefully)
Day and Night..
With Her.

(My One True
Destiny.)

J.Stephen.H.

that smile which owns me still

That Smile 

which 

Owns me Still.
________________________

She blushed like
Pretty Madness
when I tore down
the Moon for Her..

then offered it
like a Flower
while reciting
Loving Words..

and
that smile
owns me still!

It is "My
Universe."

And when I
Grin 

My Monster
Grin..(which makes
other Monsters
falter)

she stands
Strong against
the Night
Blossoming
in My Eye's..

like A Saint
before The
Devil's Alter..

who knows the
way Back.

(to Paradise.)

*
Yes,

It's so good to
"Believe" I have

discovered!


while

depending less
on a world that
Deceives,

than the
Heartbeat of One's 
Lover!

&

So
 Good to die

in

The 

Presence
of 

That 

Smile!

(which owns
owns me still..)

j.s.h.

The Stars (Within) will Live Again.

The Stars (Within) shall Live Again.
_____________________________

I know it's Hard..
when The Sky
seems Dead with
Stars..
and the (fleeting)
Smile of Innocence
reopens Ancient Scars..
as you sit there Lost,
and Scared, wondering
where you are...
or if you will ever mend.

(assuming that anywhere
On Earth must be better
than where you've been.)

But The Angels 
you Curse have Not 
Betrayed You..
The God You Shun
is Listening Still...
thus an Ounce of Faith
could get you through.
(and Restore Your
Broken Will.)

You are Beautiful
because you are
Different...
A Sweet and Sacred
Friend..

so Forget Your 
Past Resentment..
and the Stars
(Within) will
Live Again.

J.Stephen.H.