into a lions den.

Into a Lions Den.
_____________

It's interesting
isn't it?..

How Hell
can hide in
a Kiss?

While The
Bittersweet
Poison kills
an ignorant Heart
with Pleasure..
and leads the
Soul directly
into A Lions
Den.

(full of Mice
disguised
as Men.)
_

I've tasted
Hell, and
know Hell..

it's Heaven
that is so hard
to obtain..

Heaven which
requires Nobility..

Heaven which
demands our
patient strain.

(something one
must Dig For
and pursue in
spite of Pain.)
_

I've also seen
The Whore...

She stands on
a circumference
parted by two
Shores..

in one hand
she Holds a
Fabled Book.

(the other
grasps a
Dying Torch.)
_

in fact
I've seen
damn near
everything..

except for
Heaven..

(tis a concept
I still look
for.)

j.stephen.h.