#halo poems on Hello Poetry

Oct 3

You tilted your halo at me,
While I was polishing my horns,
A twinkle in your eye,
A prayer on your lips;
I can resist anything except temptation.
Can you?

‘There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.’
- Mark Twain

The penultimate line is borrowed from the playful and flirtatious character of Lord Darlington in Oscar Wilde’s comedy of manners, ‘Lady Windermere’s Fan’.

#halo #horns #lips #polishing #prayer #resist #temptation #tilted #twinkle #whisper

Oct 6

Fallen Angel

I
tilted
my halo
at life, for kicks;
and life kicked back.

A failed tetractys: 1-2-3-4-10. And a variation on 'Temptation'.

‘The angel came, the angel saw, the angel fell.’
- Alexandra Adornetto, Halo

#123410 #angel #fallen #halo #kicks #life #tetractys #tilted

Sep 12

Working Hands

You.
You hang around my head like a heavy crown.
You bring me down.
Many hands make quick work,
Too many hands will undo it equally fast.
Oh, how I still crave your hands.
Gentle hands work soft on tender flesh.
I would still let you touch me, after all this.
You illuminate my head like a halo.
I glow when I'm with you.
My hands work alone to undo what has been done.

#you #halo #crown #touch #hands #love

Aug 30

thursday

and your halo can be seen on november nights before the car starts
when our breath is cold in the air
and, for a moment,
your words can be seen instead of felt.

when i look out the window,
i see a streetlight.

#tension #love #fall #halo #frost #light

Aug 25

Halo effect

Cold as the winter Snow
Demons of my dreams
Why?
Won’t you leave me alone
Allow me to grow
You weighing me down
With your burning brimstone
I can’t condone
Taking the little good I have
To the trash it gets thrown
I wish to break free
And let the good in me flow
I wish to disown
This feeling’s so cold
Please, I beg you to just let me go
I’m through with this horror show
I think that it’s time
To resurrect …..my halo

Let the light survive

#halo

Aug 16

Halo

If the ride to heaven was on our halo, we’d all be going to hell.

#halo #heaven #hell #flawed

Aug 6

Fury

I circle around the halo
That stirs what lies below.
Spinning now
Only excess
materialises in belief form.
What is it about the chimera you construct
For those that don’t exist?
Gasping and grasping on
Slivers from a murdered past
You insist on perfecting gems in souls
Where there are none.
Let it rest my friend … or not
For the fury of Zenobia
Is still lighting
What remains of your life
And mine.

#fury #friend #excess #halo #chimera #circle

Jul 30

shadow cast

she was
shadow cast
born of dark
eyes like jewels
and a starry night sky
night dew as her tears
moon dust in her lungs
the moths were her butterflies
fireflies, her halo
she was
shadow cast

#shadow #shadowcast #moon #night #butterflies #moths #jewels #starry #sky #halo

Feb 5

My Girl Just Looked Like An Angel

On moonlight night whilst laid In bed with my sweetheart there at my side wide awake watching
her so pretty she look totally unaware I was watching

when a beam of light through a gap In our curtain passed over her beautiful body almost
like halo she bathed In this glorious light

Just at that moments I said to myself my girl looks just like an Angel and laid there watching her breathing then I
snuggled Into her and finally went to
sleep

Moonlight passed through a gap In our bedroom curtain
to shine a light like a halo on my Angel laid beside me

#angel #beam #moonlight #halo #shine #my #girl

Feb 1

Color of Sin

You can always tell the Devil's cheating halo,
It's the color never seen within a rainbow.
You can always tell the Devil's cheating halo,
It's the dark one. It's the color of sin.

#color #sin #rainbow #devil #halo