in the silent heavens thus implored

In the Silent Heavens
Thus Implored.
++++13++++++

It didn't take long..
(our fall from Grace.)

I couldn't even finish
my love song!

Before Demons ate
that Pretty Smile!

(off Her Angel
Face.)

+

Oh,
Save Me Lord!
she
Bitterly Wept;

(Heart Consumed
By Life's Discord.)

but Nothing stirred,
nor answered, or
Crept!!

(In the Silent Heavens
Thus Implored.)

+

So..
it's didn't take
long..
(to embrace
sweet death)

once the Reaper
Sang His Fabled
Song!

(and Robbed
My
Angel of Her
Breath.)

j.stephen.h.

since heaven was never ours to rent

since heaven
was never ours
to rent.
+++++++++

it's finally
happened
dear..

i have
forgotten.

the pretty
ghost who
once stood
lively here.

(before her
smile grew
rotten.)
+

the wall no
longer asks
about you..

we have
reached an
agreement..

and never
discuss what
cloud you went
to!

(since Heaven
was never Ours
To Rent.)
+

yes,
it's finally
happened
dear..

i have
forgotten.

that Pretty
Ghost who
once danced
Happy Here!!

(before my
Heart Grew
Rotten.)

j.stephen.h.

memories and screams

memories and screams.
+++++++++++++++++

tonight i'm
A LivinG dEad
SkeletoN

petting
nightmareS
in My
HeadS subtoXic
boX..

you kissed me
there once..

remember?!!

(beFore the
sTarS became
mere RockS.)

+++

Without
us..

(box
half-empty)

who could
ever Hope
to Be an Optimist
full Of Dreams?

for when
Hearts of Stone
become Dust,

Nothing remains
of LoVe...!!!

(but Memories
and Screams.)

j.stephen.h.

throat slit muses

throat-slit muses.
(bleeding from
my pen.)
++++13+++++++

oh no..
its..
happening
again..

demons
marching
row by row.

(with throat-
slit Muses
Bleeding From
My Pen.)

+

i thought
A Perfect Kiss
would Save
Me..

but it never
quite
works out that
way...

since Love
inspires Willful
Slavery!

(and we
Suffer
it's Lashes
Everyday.)
+

Our First
Hello was
Goodbye in
Disguise..

so why
bother
telling her
The Truth?

concerning
My Exile
from
Paradise!

(which
happened
early on
in Youth.)

+

Still..

I tend
to wonder
all too
often..

was it
merely
Destiny?

For my
Heart to
Become
an Icy
Coffin?!

which
led her
thus
to seek!!!

(A Light
within The
Darkest Parts
of Me.)

+

damn..
it's happening
again..

for the Very
Last Time..

Throat-Slit
Muses Bleeding
from My
Pen!!!!

(as
Thanatopian
Bells Now
Chime.)

j.stephen.h.

a brief but hearty tearshit

a brief (but HeArTy)
TearShit.
________________

(un)funny how
you Mention
Toxic;
as
my heart shits
tears Sad Angels
feed to Happy
wolves.
(Never To
Be FeD.)

they are
wise-ass
carnivores
I once thought
Fools.

(Created By
Sick "Me's"
Beneath Our
Bed.)

but
why contain
truth in a
parenthesis?

(better
question:)

or
share this
Sacred Lunacy?


pearls before
ungrateful
swine

intent
on Porcine
Mockery!

(and upon
the heart they
dine)



oh
(funny) how
the Well of
Hope Runs
Dry..

and..
(in the
desert
of despair)

you are
There!

to eat
the painted
smile from
My eye!

(because it
 never
fucking took
us anywhere.)

the owl

The Owl
++13++
(tribute to poe)
_______

There was
an
Owl sitting
outside
My window..
who
looked at me as
If to say:

"I am
watching
everywhere you
Go!"

(And you cannot
Escape.)
+

I tried my
hardest
Not to shudder,
But all
attempts
were thus in vain..
For I jumped the
moment that it
fluttered !

(Into the dirty
panes.)
++

Thus to my room
I quickly fled,

(chancing not a
second look)

but The Owl was
sitting on my bed!

(and perched upon my
Favorite Book.)
+++

"Be gone thou
wicked Spawn !" 
I screamed,

(As mounting terror
filled my head)

hoping this was but
A Dream.
(Yet knowing I was
Likely Dead.)
++++
The owl just
Stood there oddly
staring,
(Hateful eyes of
Hell unblinking.)
Till soon I found
Myself not Caring.
(Into what pit my
Soul was sinking.)
+++++
Take me then,
You feathered fiend!
(I yelled with reckless
Hearts abandon.)
For Life is but a step
Between, the hardest
Rock and softest
Phantom!
A void of Endless
Suffering!!!
(Where all Men Sing
The Devils Anthem.)
++++++
soon
After this my soul
grew weak,
And so i sat down
On the bed,
wondering if the
Owl would speak,..
But a smile crossed
its beak instead!
Causing me to shriek!!

Oh..surely. .
Surely! !

(I Am DeAd.)

1. J.Stephen.H.

a stones throw from hell

a stones-throw from hell.
+++++++++++++++++++

(A Stone's-Throw
from Hell,
and Three Worlds
Shy of Heaven.)

I met an Angel
who

showed me
Devils
could be Pretty...

with
Secrets on Her
Lips to Tell.

(loosened by
SaTaNiC
Whiskey.)

+++

Why are you
not scared?
(she asked.)

Does Beauty
soften Horrors
Wretched Sting?



I looked
at
her and
laughed.

For my
Head is
A Nightmare.

(beyond
imagining.)

j.stephen.h.

a sad un-being

a sad un-being
++++++++++++++

He tries hard
Perpetuating
The Myth of
Human...

fitting more
tightly into
loose Skin
designed by
Jester Gods.

(to conceal
A
Sad
Un-Being.)


Happy is
The
Fearless
Mask..

and
Sad-Sack
Smile!

(Death
Never
Tires of
Seeing.)
+++

Mother
Nature
wasn't
always
so...
chaste..

or
eager to
see Creation
Prosper.

She once
sold
Freedom
for a Taste!!

(of all Dead
Fruits which
Chaos Offered.)

+++

He must
be The
Un-Wanted
Bastard..

The ..
Dirty
Secret Between
The Two.

Conceived
when
Heaven and
Hell
Were Plastered.

(telling Lies
Most Think
are True.)

+++

but...
he does
well at
perpetuating
the myth
of HuMaN.

and..
fitting
tightly into
loose
skin designed
by
hateful gods!!

(to
conceal
an Empty
Being.)

j.s.h.