The Hip ones say:

 The Hip One's Say:

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

The Hip One's

say: 

"Tragedys' 

IN 

This Year."

With Brownie

Points

for Trauma-Tales.

(and Midnight 

Tears. )

*

"Wear 

All 

Emotion

on your 

Sleeve."

"With Pity 

Painted 

On 

Your Face."

"but Ignore

The 

Fool Who 

Grieves."

(Silently in 

Their Lonely 

HeadSpace.)

*

The Hip ones 

say:

"Compassion 

is 

getting Old."

"don't waste much 

time on it."

"and 

Leave your Babies out 

In 

The Cold!"

(they'll stay warm 

in 

Life's Pile of Shit.)

Poets prophecy

 A poets prophecy.

+++++++++

they'll attribute 

To me..

A Hearts' Intent.

(My Odd Head Never

Dreamed.)

But will I laugh aloud,

Or gently weep?!

From that house 

of gold..

Or fiery pit?

(In which my spirit 

sleeps.)

+

Kid tested undertaker approved

 KiD TeStEd..

UnDeRtAkEr 

ApPrOvEd.

++++++++

      13

      ___

my words 

are 

not intended 

to sooth.

(but rather 

incite.)

kid Tested,..

Undertaker

Approved!!

(a tragic life 

originating

from the 

evolution of

parasites.)

=

the machine 

eats

our inner 

feelings..

chews them 

up,

and spits

out

dreadful 

"things"...

CREATING

A

Fascination 

with

Death and 

KILLING!

(detached 

from

Human 

Suffering.)

+++

there is

no shame 

in the blame

game.

Though

it's 

easy for

Heaven's

Propagandists

to 

make 

one feel

responsible

for 

God's 

OwN 

mAd 

Inventions.

yet, in 

the 

end its 

all

the 

Same!!

A Road 

To Hell!!

(paved 

WITHOUT

Intentions.)

+

My 

words

were never 

meant to 

Soothe.

(but kill

instead)

Kid tested,

Undertaker 

Approved !!I

(to rid

These 

Parasites

From

My head.)

j.s.h

Tinfoil heart

Dear Flame,

Did you think
it
was smart?

To paint your
Sacred
Angel Name,

across my
the surface
of my Tin
Foil HearT!

Then try to
put
The Blame

upon those
Shadows in me
DaRk!

+

he woke to the scent

he woke to the scent.
+++++++++++++

he woke to the scent
of freshly slaughtered
dreams;

head spinning in awkward
angles against the
backdrop of his frame.

is there a
cure for all these screams!?

(or external cause to
blame?)

+

the mirror is not
an
honest source of
reflection;

it is a sycophant
relaying what you
hope to see.

while
pushing you in
the
wrong direction!!


(corrupting most
of memory.)

+

was it always a
cluster-fuck
like this?
(he wonders.)

chaos courting a
facade of  tranquility?;

fables promising
endless bliss!!

(in exchange for
liberty.)

+

he goes to sleep
with the promise of
nightmares;

head stuffed with
haunted
shadow-stones,

which once heard
the
Harmony of The
Spheres!!!

(but became a closet
full of bones.)

j.s.h.

a world within a world

a world within a world.
++++++++++++++

its a world within a
world,

creating new worlds
that 

will likely repeat shit
even

when eternity has
lost

it's sense of
being!

+

eh,

no man,
its a

hamster ball
full

of

Brains going
in

whatever backforward

fashion

you so choose.

( or

they

choose for you.)

+

i doubt that.

theres been a 

break in the bell.

it tolls for 

itself now.

(and never hears

its instructions not

to self destruct.)

bang! bang! bang!

(or flip the broken record,
and play whats on the Otherside.)

j.s.h.

during the construction of this verse

during the
construction of
this verse...
+++++++++++++

No feelings
were
Hurt during
the
Construction
of
This verse.

Just kidding!

Everyone
cried
Themselves to
Death.

(Then Laughed
Ironically 

from
Their Hearse.)

+

I've come
a
long way

(from
Nowhere)

to
get back to
The
Somewhere

I
was
at.

Where
Your Smile
Remained

My
Yesterday.

and
i wasn't madder
than
a fucking
Hatter!

(without his
sanity-hat.)

+

shit...

just Look
away

love,

before its too
late!

these robots
aren't so great
at hugs,

and
destroy the
Humans

They create!!

(because our
blood to them
is drugs.)

+

No souls were
lost during the
construction of
this verse;

just kidding...
Mine Was!!!


(but i only
cry now from
my hearse.)

j.stephen.h.

(with a bit of
help from my
imaginary frienemies.)

Secret rainbows

Secret rainbows.
++++++++++++

Some days i could chew
The stars from the sky,
And spit em back into 

The Face

Of my Colorless Existence.

But
Then secret rainbows
like YOU come along.

(and make the storm's
Of Life seem

Worth It.)

J.s.h.

A temporary reliance upon the dark

if you must
Temporarily
Rely
upon the dark,
do what you
must.

But no
Light
wandering
through
the dark
can ever be
Touched by
shadows.

(It
kisses them
on its own
Bright terms.)

drowning in my loves sweet stare.

Drowning In My Love's Sweet Stare.
______________________________

Have you ever
momentarily forgotten
who you were...
and been..grateful
for the lapse?

while sitting around
contemplating the
randomness of it all...
pondering the
various things which
chaos impacts?

(Lately)..My head
has felt like a (broken)
Hourglass...with each
thought a mere grain
of sand in an Abyss
consumed by the Mouth
of Eternity.

and it is truly Lonely
Here.

(In My Nothing.)

I have Loved the
Love of Loves Before..
and..Hated with The
Most Intense Hatred..
Everything I was To
Be and Sometimes Am.

(Even going so Far
as to...Consult with
many Spirits of The
Damned.)

Yet...Nothing..
no..Nothing Beyond
Nothing has ever
in this Life (or any)
compared..

to The Profound
Pleasure I feel..
Drowning In My
Love's Sweet Stare.

J.Stephen.H.

waxing philosophical

waxing philosophical...

why should you
always
believe that you
must drink...
the milk of human
kindness.
(without tasting
humanity's tears?)

both occur,
and both are
relevant.

if we laughed when
sad
and cried when happy...

would we be
Fortunate,

or Foolish?

The self is such
a sad uncertain thing
when lost in the
translation of it's
being!

perhaps ill weep
for you.

when you stop
laughing at the
horror of it all

and your face
becomes a broken
wishing stone.

everyone knows
the "truth" right?

(but its theirs
ALone.)

j.stephen.h.

end of the ladder

irony and chaos
govern most of
existence..but theres
a beautiful order to it

Nonetheless

and
its when you're
afraid to fall,

but climb anway

that you come to
discover 

 most meaning
begins at the end
of the ladder

time bleeds

time bleeds.
++++++++++

you
didnt
Believe
me..

when i
told you
that Time
bleeds...

and from
The Haunted
Face of
it's Broken
Clock,

there weeps
The Tears
Of
Centuries!

and yet,..

The Dead
Never Truly
Bury
Their Dead...

they merely
Plant
Another Seed!

(which grows
for an eternity.)

j.s.h.

the irony be

the irony be.
__________________

why dear
sweet...
must you
my irony
be?

the ..thorn
within
my hearts-
bruised-
ass!

which always
seeks
strengthening.

(yet breaks
like so much
glass.)

when you
needed
a devil,..
i the devil
was..

(ditto for
angels.)

and all
because..

without
you I
strangle!!

++++

i have
screamed
(through the
centuries)
my protests
against the
gods who
cursed us.

(from that
heaven
where they
dangle.)

+++

so...
why
(my
sweet)
must
you my
Irony
Be?!

am I
Truly
(now)
The
Nothing!!!???

(you refuse
to see.)

j.s.h.

the same bright fated star

my love..

though we may be 

worlds and seas 

apart..

we wish upon

the same bright fated

star.

while sharing a single

beating heart!!

(shaped by love, and

pain, and scars.)

thus i am with you

anywhere you are.

jsh

noose necklace

My noose necklace
tightens more by the
second..

and soon..my throat will
constrict and suffocate
the remains of my
conscience..

As love (that broken
flower)...grows more
painful by the hour..

(and I'm left alone
to drown in my nonsense.)

j.stephen.h.

i dont know where to begin

i dont know where to begin.
________________

Let not the title
confuse you...
there is a certain
optimism beneath the
surface madness..
Hope in spite the
Certainty of Suffering.

(and a profound love
which  opposes those
lackluster marionettes
who wear hateful
masks to obscure the
Grim-Hearts-Bleeding .)

I Walked in your Shoes..
Yesterday...

Today I wear a Dead
Man's Boots..

He was My Brother..

I, His Father...

The Tie which Binds?..
TRUTH.

(until it all became
A Lie.)

How far should I take
this thing Love?...

I've seen the Abyss,
and it's not so terrifying
as that Empty Stare
which see's beyond
Me to Another Grave..
where Muses Bath in
The Devil's Pond..
and Plot Vengeance
every Yesterday!

but I'm sure nothing
would impress "You"
anyway...

You who has
seen it all and earned a
Blind Mans' T-Shirt..
to Celebrate how
you Always Win.

so, Perhaps I'll title
this: "The End"...

yet...

(I don't even know
where The Hell to
Begin.)

j.Stephen.h

my sister in chains

My Sister in Chains.
_______________

Do not lose
Faith My Sister
in Chains,

for there are
Angels With
You In The
Cage,

who Understand
Your Inner-Pain,
and wipe the
Tears from
Your Sweet
Face!

I know right now
The World Seems
Dark,

and Tomorrow is
Unknown,

but I keep you
Always In My
Heart!

(so you Never
are Alone.)

Do Not Lose
Faith My Sister
in Chains,

for I Hate
to See You
Cry,..

and though
you Entered
Broken into
That Cage..

(You Shall
Come Out
A Butterfly.)

j.stephen.h.

"be not forgetful
to entertain strangers,
for thereby some
have entertained
Angels Unaware.

-hebrews 13:2-

shooting star talent destined to fall.

shooting star talent destined to fall.
_______________________

in a Perfect World
The Heart would not
so falter...

and The World
would have a
Heart.

with Devils Short..
and Angels Taller!

(More Sun Opposed
to Constant Dark.)

Definitions of
Death would not
be Required Reading
in The Cradle of
Youth.

For A Loving God
would look down
upon us all.

without endless lies
concealing One
Fine Truth!!

(less shooting
star talent destined
to fall.)

j.s.h.

i showed love my beast

I Showed Love My Beast.
_________________

I showed Love
MY Beast, and
She did not Shudder.
(but smiled at me.)

Oh God,This must
be Faith.

(as the damned like
to say.)

Must be Forever..
Or Another Murdered
Yesterday!

(which holds
My Weary Soul
Together.)

Is this what Genius
Sounds Like?
(when falling
in Love.)

A Madman scraping
Dust from Mansion
Floors??!!!!

(in His Finest Sunday
Gloves.)

+++

I showed Love
My Beast, ..and
Laughter Pained
Her Eyes of Blue.

"Surely you Mock
Me!?"
(I screamed.)

"NO My Devil."
she replied.

((It's just that
I Am Beastly
Too.)

J.Stephen.H.