Seraph’s Song:
The Epic Fable of Sister Sera
by Jonas Hyde
I – Fall from Grace
In the beginning,
a line spoken so oft ‘fore,
yet the truth lie hidden,
on what happened the eighth day,
and since that time of yore,
as chanted near pillows of people’s,
is this Seraph’s Song e’ermore.
How she cries,
will make you cry,
for her loss,
her pain,
would surely die,
if it…

Originally posted 2009-09-13 01:54:32.

My Dragonfly
by Jonas Hyde
‘Wherefore art thou?’
my love,
my dear,
I weep ‘pon the eve’s cool mid night,
wishing my words held their weight,
as when whispered in times of yore.
Alas,
I lie,
here alone in an emerald field,
crimson rivers marbling my eyes,
dripping oceans of despair,
drowning out my soul.
I battle the restlessness,
as I try and fall to the fatigue,
the weariness that…

Originally posted 2009-09-13 03:34:31.

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The Veil
by Jonas Hyde
Here I stand so still, lost of all my will,
trapped within this self I have longed to flee,
fact to Death I oft begged- ‘please come for me’,
but with pleas ignored, I drew my ain sword,
and with steel to self I since came to be.
Tho’ where fable starts, is with broken hearts,
for…

Originally posted 2009-10-06 23:07:09.

Pendragon
by Jonas Hyde
Over the next few weeks I will be posting the newest released work.  Titled Pendragon, it covers the mythos of King Arthur.   There are 12 sections to the poem, each of varying length.  This is the first of twelve.  As always, questions and comments are welcome…
-I-
In the time before tales,
when the…

Goodbye
by Jonas Hyde

I swallow the sorrow,
and borrow a smile,
to make it through each day,
but decay has eroded my soul,
leaving a lifeless shell,
which fell to the void,
passing through the motions,
the oceans of life,
toward the valley of death,
my breath suffocates
rapt  ‘neath this guise,
my lies become my truth,
can you see my tear,
or hear my moan,
they signal the…

Originally posted 2009-09-13 02:53:35.

The Sickness
by Jonas Hyde
As I spoke to you today,
I felt the sickness deep inside,
aching,
feverish,
plagued by love lost.
I can feel your curse,
you the fifth harbinger,
I cower to your tempest,
making me reach for the pill,
to take the pain of you away.
I walk these streets,
and am reminded of you,
I who is damned in the purgatory of this…

Originally posted 2009-09-13 03:14:30.

Ottava Rima
Ottava rima is a rhyming stanza form of Italian origin. Originally used for long poems on heroic themes, it later came to be popular in the writing of mock-heroic works. Its earliest known use is in the writings of Giovanni Boccaccio.
The ottava rima stanza in English consists of eight iambic lines, usually iambic…

Originally posted 2009-10-10 15:26:15.

The Bounty
by Jonas Hyde
Oh life, my life, this is my sorrow,
oh death, my death, can you offer me no pity?
If only I were more guile or more witty,
I would surely wake in the ‘morrow.
At the start I fell to Tempter’s ploy,
and in the while since have truly lost it all.
Fact it hurts, so…

Originally posted 2009-11-24 23:03:06.

Holiday Tears
by Jonas Hyde
Eyes open,
as if a rising sun,
over a horizon of anguish,
of sorrow.
“Daughter do not frown,
for on this day
the family is as one,”
he whispers softly.
“But father I weep,
I cry,
not for the moment I have,
but for the time when it will surely end.”
And so it goes,
the conversation once more,
as it always has before,
truth rarely…

Originally posted 2009-09-13 02:59:09.

The Long Walk
by Jonas Hyde
Home is where the heart is,
or so the angels say,
but my heart is with you my love,
and you are so far away.
Is there reason for our rhyme
I questioned once,
but now I question all the time.
I tread alone,
the curse and cross I want not to bear,
taking each step,
while dripping a tear.
The…

Originally posted 2009-09-13 03:37:04.

Familiar Stranger
by Jonas Hyde

In this moment,
my heart is weak,
why is it hard to say,
what we both want to speak,
an ocean of fear,
a breath and a tear,
a beautiful thing,
life could be,
if I would ever know,
the familiar stranger,
so far away…
Originally posted 2009-09-13 03:57:23.

Originally posted 2009-09-13 03:57:23.

Walk
by Jonas Hyde
The anguish swells within,
wanting,
needing a release,
I shall ne’er receive.
In solitude I find peace,
in silence I find solace,
but with your voice,
the very resonance of your breath,
my soul is poisoned.
What words must I speak,
what pleas must I beg ‘pon the shattered fragments of our past,
to make you understand?
Our love is cursed by your sin,
and…

Originally posted 2009-09-13 03:15:59.