Sunday, March 22, 2026

Untitled/Unfinished Fragment

 And 

where..


where Have 

All 


The 

Midnight 

Creatures 


Gone?


They were


Lost

in 

The Infinity 


of 

Her Stare!



(ashamed 

to

Face The 

Dawn).

+


&

Oh 

Time..


Time

(Once killed)


Now

Murders You.


At 

The Drop 

of 

Heaven's 

Dime.


(Devil's wept

The 

Long Night 

Through. )


+


Oh where..


WHERE 


have 

All The 


Angels

Gone?


Consumed 


by  


The 

Shadow

Of 


my 

Stare!


(So Dark it 

Eats 

The Dawn.)

Friday, March 20, 2026

Purgatory under your spell (in prog.)

 Your Purgatory 

++++++++++++++


To: 

(You Know Who You 

Are..)


Help


The Night Got 

Real, 


Love is My 

Terror.


and im afraid to 

Wish 

on any Stars.

+


For

What are

 they

Anyway? 


But

Fake rocks 


who 

only  seem

To

Bring


" Luck "


to 

Those Born With 

It.


While most 

remain their

Bastard Playthings!!


(Lost in Yesterday)

+


Oh


Please 🙏 

Help!!


(At 

Times

I forget 

Who

 you 

"Are")


Love 

and 

Life?


They're 

2

Different

Types 

of

Hell!!


and 

I'm left 


"Here"


Chokin on My

HeArT!!


(In This 

Purgatory

Under 

your Spell.)



💔 💔

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Covid Kisses

 

Covid Kisses

+++++++++++++

Covid Kisses 

in the Dark;


shit..

My Mask is 

Leaking.


How long 

before 

Life Suffocates 

My Heart?!


(Soon The 

Dead

will

All Be Speaking.)


+

There are

Angels 

In

The Corner Tweaking;


(Wary of 

the Triple

Six.)



Father 

Grigori,


are 

You still 

Preaching?!


(tear down 

Your

Menstrual

Crucifix.)

 +++ 

The Hell 

I Bring 

Must be "The 

Cure";


(That..

Answer

To

Demonic 

Prayers.)


A .

Pain All

Crave,

yet can't endure!


(A

Ghost of Life 

You

Meet in Nightmares.)

+

Covid Kisses 

in

The Light..


Will 

Cruel 

Heaven now 

erase Me?


it's  

funny how

We

Beg for Sight!


(Yet are Blind 

to Truths

All Others See.)


J.Stephen.H.

.




Saturday, May 30, 2020

The night was bleak (but I knew thee love)

The night was bleak...
(But I knew thee love.)
+++++++++++++

The night was 
Bleak..

but I knew thee 
Love!

Sweet Angel
of 
HeaVens Mourning 

who
(without affection)
broke 

my heart's Grim 
Yoke!

+

And
What is 
This?

( you ask)

Penny 

For 
the 
Devil's
Break 
With 
Custom!!?


Come...!!

Let us breath the fiery
Air!

And dance like 
butterflies
till dead moons spring
to 
Life in eyes that 
never
Spoke!!

(while dreaming
endless
deaths.)

+

Twas easy to cast
the label "madness."

And strangle the infant of
My soul which sang 
The Tyrant Kings To Sleep!

But I am back now to
thus confess!!

How my love
breeds (in
thoughts)
Old secrets...

(The Dead 
shall
Never
Keep.)

J.stephen.H

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

love kills quicker

love kills quicker
+++++++++++++

I scratch the rope
Burns around my
Neck,

But the itch is still
There,

Torn between
"Life is A Bitch."

And:

"Better
Than
Nowhere."

Better livin through
Sobriety...?

sure .

Better way to eat
my daily nails

and
Hammer my head
Against

A wall of shame
No
Sane heart could

Endure.

(It's the worse
Version of a
Personal Hell.)

+

My love is
A
Scratch and

Sniff sticker
that
starts out rose
scented

only to become
Shit

2 seconds
Later.

thus I prefer
Liquor.

(since love
kills quicker.)





Thursday, March 15, 2018

that ancient midnight listener.

ThaT
AnCiEnT
mIdNiGhT
LisTeNeR.
++13++

Her Voice
was once
A
Whisper.

Because
She Feared
The Evil
One.

That Ancient
Midnight
Listener!

(Who Plots
His
Vengeance
On The Sun.)

+

I Exist
between
2-Shades of
Gray.

Searching for
A
Fading Light,

that shines Through
The
Cracks of Yesterday!

(though it's
often Eaten
By
Life's Parasites.)

+

But is
There More
(Within This
MyTh)
To See?

Than Horror
Films
which Play
In
Memory?

And what
Else
Could I Be?!!

(if Not
The Angels'
Enemy.)

+

Her
Voice
is
Now
A
Sacred
Rose.

Because
Her Soul
Transcended
The
Wicked
One.


Forgetting
A
Past of
SecreT
SoRRowS!!

(and
Reuniting
With
The Sun.)

j.stephen.h.

Friday, March 9, 2018

for i walk this valley of discord

For I Walk This
Valley of Discord.
+++++++++++++++
Oh,

"lead me to A Mountain
Lord,
so I may Sing your Praise!"

"For i WalK
This
Valley of Discord!"

(and Waste
My Fruitless Days.)

"I want to Hear Your
Angels
Speak Unto My Restless
Heart,

and
strengthen everything
grown weak!"

(Within
This
Soul Turned
Dark.)

"oh,

Lead me To
A
Mountain Lord, so
I
May Sing Your
Praise!"

"For In This
Valley
of Discord,

The Devil Rules
My Days!!""

(amen?)

j.stephen.h.

for my beloved friend/aunt
Shelly Thompson Davis.

(hebrews 13:2)



Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Heart-Break Face


Her Face
Spelled
Heart-Break
that was
beggin for
A Kiss.

and,

God Damn
This Hell
We Make!

(for the sake
of
temporal bliss.)

you really broke
me love

you really broke
me;

(he said)

but now i've
mended, and
am
back for more!

break me love
break me!

(destroy me 1,000
times worse than you
ever did
before.)

j.s.h.





Monday, November 27, 2017

My Dearest Never


My Dearest Never,

If ever the Time
were Never, then,..
The Time is Now.

For Us to be
Un-together, and
weather The Storms
of Collective Brows.

For Sanity 

(that
Game I've lost)

remains 
Phantom
through and 
through;..

reminding me
how "Reality" Lost,
 is Clarity Gained!

(and Perception 
True.)

J.SH.


Tonight, Love is Dead.

Tonight,Love
Is Dead.
+++((+++++


Tonight,
Love
Is Dead.

(and the
World
similar
to A
Parasite.)

A Cherub
who
could
Not kiss

The monsters
from
My Head!!!

(nor fill it
with an
Ounce of
Light.)

+

1,000
pretty
Faces,

(All 
Of 
Them
Painted)

stare into
The deepest
Places,

Where
God breathed
Once.

(then
fainted.)

+

But
Tonight,
I
Refuse to
Mourn..

(yet 
for
this reason
am

ironically 
weeping.)

and
Curse
The world
For being
Born!!

(into
A life
where
I'm left
Dreaming.)

J.Stephen.H.




Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Madness answered with a grin 😀

Madness answered
With A Grin.
+++++++++++++

Yes...

I've questioned
My
Sanity before;

(And
Madness
Answered
with
A Grin.)

Then
Threw open
An
Ancient Door.

(which let
The Darkness
In.)

+

Yet what
I
Saw indeed
perplexed
Me.

No
Tortured
Screams,

Or
Lakes of
Fire;

just Phantoms
Seeking
To Be Free!!



(Haunted
by
Past Lives
of
 Desire.)
+

Horrified,
I
Shut The
Door;

and
ventured
quickly to
My Bed.

Never
Questioning
Anymore!

(for The
Answer was
Always in
My
Head.)

J.stephen.h.



Tuesday, November 21, 2017

That bastard tomorrow



That Bastard Tomorrow

+++++++++++++

I am..
perpetually trapped
in When;

seeking an
Eternal Future
which
shall
become another
“Then.”

Never 
to be
Now,

because it's been eaten by

Yesterday—

and will, sadly,
be laughed at by

That Bastard
Tomorrow.


J.Stephen.H

After the Horrors of my youth


After the Horrors of my youth.
​​​​​​​+++++++±++++++++++++++++
After the Horrors of
My Youth,
I escaped into a world
Of
Books and discovered
Better Worlds than
The One I inhabit;
But such
knowledge came
with
A Price.
(that Sanity
unwillingly paid.)

As
A Madman..
I see
Truths that I've
(In my madness)
grown to
Despise..

so..

I
Corrupt Those
Truths ,

and
make them

lies!

Dusting the Floor
Of
History with The
Wings of
Angels

who have always
 "Known"...

that one must
First
Experience Hell!!

(Before they can
Hope
To Create A
Paradise .)

J.Stephen.H.

​​​

For: Tony Taylor.
Thank You for being
My friend.

and
I promise you man..that
I'll never use "your wings"
 to dust the floors of
History.

(Because you make
every
Now forever Brighter.)

I heard the rebel yell

I heard the
rebel yell.

+++++++

I heard
The Rebel
Yell;

but
Billy
Was 3 doors
Down,

Conversing
with
Rolling Stones

About
The
King
Who Stole
A Poets
Crown..

then
Lived
Forlorn..

and
All
Alone!!

Because
His Throne
became a
Seat of Thorns!


(which
brought
Tragedy to his
Home.)

J.S.H.

Thursday, October 12, 2017

when life becomes a morbid dance

when life becomes a morbid dance.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Walking
like
a
zombie in
a trance..

where has
the
Feeling Gone?

when
Life becomes
a
Morbid Dance,

and meaning
Fades
with each New
Dawn.

+

Is there
Anything
left
to see?

a profound
Art
to Name,
and show.

Kiss
Goodbye
Those
Sacred
Memories!!

(Of Love
that Never
Said Hello.)

+

Dangling
like
a puppet from
a string,

truth becomes
a
Hangman's
Noose,

and
Reason
shall
breed Our
Suffering!!

(once The
Inner Beast
gets Loose.)

+

to be cont.











Friday, June 3, 2016

you were the only one

you were the
only one.
++++++++++

Yes
(Love)
I Do
remember...

how
Your
Eye-
Stars
(once)
did
Shine
For
Me...

but
left
My
Weary
Soul
Dismembered!!

(and
trapped
Within A
Memory.)

+

You
enlightened
The
Shadow
of My
Psyche...

(then
showed
Me Life
had Pretty
Things.)

so why
Love is
This Ghost
Inside
Me??!!!

(creating
only
Suffering.)

+++

yes
Love..
I do
recall..

That
Wondrous
Climb
Before
The Fall.

I Keep
It In My
Memories!

(and Wish
I could
Change It
All.)

+++

Forgive
Me
Love for
Everything..

I Have
(and
Have
Not)
Done...

and
please
Believe
Me when
I Say!

(you
WERE
The Only
OnE.)

j.s.h.













Wednesday, July 22, 2015

masks of love

masks of love.
+++++++++++++

Love wears 
1,000 masks,..

and beneath 
those masks?

1,000 more..

to some it seems 
a
laborous task...

for 
others 
Locked or 
Broken
Doors!

+

It 
sees past 
the

pale gray 
curtain..

beyond 

Unfathomable
Seas 
of Sorrows..

into Better
Futures Bright
and Certain!

(where 
Rainbows
Smile for 
each
Tomorrow.)

++

The Masks 
of
Love 

bear countless 
Names,

and with 
them

scores of Unique
Faces,

but beneath 
each

Love is 
All 
The
Same!!

(expressions
of Gods 
Shining
Graces.)

J.Stephen.H.







Wednesday, July 1, 2015

before true love was there.


before true love was there.
+++++++++++++++

I miss your Laugh...
it's nervous notes..

the way you smiled..
at morbid jokes!

told by me.

(your favorite
ghost.)

+++

Do you remember
spring..
and secrets shared?

to ease the winters
of suffering!

(before true love
was there.)

j.s.h.

daylight kills. (the midnight mood.)

Daylight Kills.
(The Midnight Mood.)
++++++++++++++

Last Night
you
Loved Me..
So
I was A
God...
I

but this
Morning
A Devil
Wears My
Face..

and
Smiles
like The
Greatest
Fraud!

(who
knows
He Fell
From
Grace.)

+++

Last
Night
I loved..

and..

it was
Perfect!


(Angelic
Lips
became
My
Favorite
Food.)

though 
this
morning
I feel like
I don't
deserve it!

(perhaps
Daylight
kills The
Midnight
Mood?)

+++

Presently..

I am
looking
Back In
Time..

drowning
in
Oceans
of
Alcohol and
Rhymes.

waiting...


and
wondering
Why
She makes
Me
Want
to
Scream!!!

(Perhaps Life
Kills Love's
Perfect Dream?)

j.stephen.h.






Wednesday, January 21, 2015

angel with the eyes of ice



oh, All of my
most recent words
they are intended
to entice!..

that Angel with
The Eyes of Ice.

(who melts my
Soul.)

j.s.h.