The Fallen Rosebud.

The Fallen Rosebud.
   ________

Silent sleeps
The Fallen
Rosebud..
beneath the
icy frost..

deep in a
blanket of
Frozen Mud.

(concealing A
Life the World
has Lost.)
__

It never
had a chance
to Bloom..

or feel the
Splendors
of the Sun..

and such
A Tragedy
it was,
in Lovely
June!

That Beauty
Ended..

(before it was
begun.)

J.Stephen.H.

The Miner of Hearts.

The Miner of Hearts.
________________

She doesn't know
the Depths of
Her Beauty..

Or the way her
Image Conquers
me..

How I sit
For Hours
contemplating...

(what I Hope
our Love will
Be.)
__

Time makes not
The Slightest
Dent...

upon my Heart
when She's away..

For I remember
Every Moment
Spent!

(and Keep her
in my Memory
Always.)
______

She is The
Diamond shaped
from Coal..

Perfection made
from Years of
Pressure..

Who kept the
Brilliance of
Her Soul..

(though several
Demons sought
to Test Her.)
___

And I am
The Miner
of Her Heart!

(now and Forever.)



J.Stephen.H.


et cor meum ad mulierem

Rational Blue.

Rational Blue.
_________

Welcomed back
by The Rational
Blue..

tis comforting...
comforting!...

(to shed the veils
of Love's Red
Hue.)
___

There is a
Certain
Honestly
in Animals
to be found..

who fret,
and frollick..

and Rut upon
The Ground.

Moreso than
in Most People..

(Who only
Speak to Hear
their Voice
make sounds.)
__

It wasn't
smart..

was it?
was it?...

To let
A Vampire
into you
Heart..

to suck,
and slurp
away the
very essence
of your Being!..

as you
(in stupidity)
considered the
Absence to
be Feeling!
___

But You're
Safe again..
(my friend)
beneath the
Wings of
Rational Blue..

and it is
comforting..
comforting..

(to be Freed
of Loves Red
Hue.)

J.Stephen.H.

Your Kind of Crazy.

Your Kind Of Crazy..
____________________________

If Your Love ever
Drives me Crazy?..
It'll be The Good
Kind of Crazy....

that makes me
Feel like I'm Still
Worth Saving...

or Holding Onto
when Chaos tears
The World  Apart..

The Kind of Crazy
that Sparks a Flame.

(Within My Once
Cold Heart.)
__

It's The Normalcy
of it All I Find
Maddening..

The Monotony of
Daily Routines..

Doing the
Same Thing
Repeatedly..

until you want
to tear Shit up
and Scream!!

(oh..when will
This Be Ending?!)
___

Your Kind
of Crazy keeps
a Smile on
My Face..

and Leaves
me wondering
what you
Might do
Next..

The Kind of
Crazy that
indicates Grace!

(The Kind I've
Learned Not
To Expect.)
__

Your Love is
The Good Kind
of Crazy..

(that makes
me Hope I'm
still worth
Saving.)

The Kind
I've searched
for several
Years

(to satisfy my
craving)

and makes
me Wish
that you were
Near!

So I would'nt
be talking to
Myself.

(In Fear.)

J.Stephen.H.

Before The Dawn.

Before The Dawn.
______________

I Always Sleep
with the Lights
On..

in Fear that
Shadows may
chase away
my Love.

(before the
coming Dawn.)
__

When The Hungers
of Ones Heart
are rivaled by
apprehension..

Silence seems
A better course..

than to mention..

That Monster waiting
outside The Door!

of a Mind trapped
in Haunted Suspension!

(that doesn't Trust
in Angels Anymore.)
___

I wake up
with the Light
still On..

sometimes just
Before the Dawn..

Hoping in
My Heart
to See Her
Smile..

(only to
Remember
that she's Gone.)

J.Stephen.H.

Number One Fan.

Number One Fan.
______________

I care Nothing
for the Admiration
of Man..

for I am
Famous
in the Eyes of
Love.

(and She is my
Number One
Fan.)
__

I Autograph
Her Face
with Kisses..

as She
rewards
me with a
Soulful stare.

For
It is She
who satisfies
My Wishes!

(and in Her
Presence I'd
Be Happy
Anywhere.)
___

So All
Novels
of The Wise

(I once found
True)

are
Nothing!

compared to
The Look
Within Her
Eyes which
says:

"I'll Forever
Love you."
___

J.Stephen.H.

In Loves Simplistic Charms.

In Loves
Simplistic Charms.
______________

There is
Profundity
to be found..

in Loves
Simplistic
Charms..

and Life
makes
Poetic
Sounds.

(when I
hold you
in My
Arms.)
__

Dark Roads
had once
been trodden..

on Nights
which never
seemed
to End..

but that
Path is
Now
Forgotten.

(Since love
came round
the bend.)

j.stephen.h.

The Sunny Daylight Drummer.

The Sunny Daylight Drummer.
______________________

I'm resting with
my eyes open,
dreaming of you..

with eyes like
The Ocean,
and Heartbeat
True..

The Sunny
Daylight
Drummer..

(who's Music
soothes My
Midnight
Solitude.)

__

Other Bands

have Played

Before..

but none

could keep

in Tune..

or Understand

The Inner

Score.

(Understood

By You.)

___

J.Stephen.H.

To Be Craved.

To Be Craved.

_____

To be

Craved..

craved!!!

The Sad

Angel

stares
into

her Dirty

Mirror
and
takes Another

Selfie.

as Shadows

stand behind

Her.

(laughing at

her Shame.)

__

Love me..

Love Me!

(She pleads

into The

Nothing.)

I can't take

this Lonely

Hell!

Just

Love Me..

Want me!

(but is she

talking to

The World,

or Some

Lost Self?)

__

The Mirror

of course

remains Silent.

(it always

does)

even when

The Sad 

Little
Angel gets

violent,
and

starts to 

CUT.

Damn
You!

Damn
you

and Your

Love!

(she

exclaims.)

I'm 

Tired

of these

Games!

I Hate
you!

I Despise

your Fucking

Face!

_

Then.. The

Sad Little

Angel

Smiles into

The 

Bloody
Mirror

and takes

another

Selfie.

As Shadows

stand behind

Her.

(laughing at

her Shame.)

___

J.Stephen.H.

Speak Not In Saddened Tones For Me.

Speak Not In
Saddened
Tones For Me.
_____________

Speak not in
Saddened Tones
for me,

when I have
reached my
End.

But Remember
All of the
Kinder Things.


(I did for
Family and
Friends.)
__

For
Death is
not the
End of
Us..

it's only
a Reprieve..

and
Nothing
defeats the
Power of
Love!!


(When
You choose
To Still
Believe.)
__

Thus seek
 me
not in Ghostly
Forms..

nor call
upon
My Name..

I have
ridden
out
The Worst of
Storms!

(and let
My
Sorrows Fade.)
___

Oh,

Speak not in
Saddened Tones
for me..

when My
Life
has reached
it's End..

Just
Remember
There
Will  Be Finer
Things!

(when we meet
Above Again.)

J.Stephen.H.