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WALK SOFTLY ON MY HEART
BE GENTLE WITH IT PLEASE
FOR IT HAS BEEN TORN APART
AND GIVEN MANY GUARANTEES
BY MANY A TROUBLED HEART WALK SOFTLY IN MY MIND
DON'T PLAY HEAD GAMES
SPEAK WORDS THAT ARE KIND
NOT REMARKS THAT MAIM
AND UPSET MY PEACE OF MIND WALK SOFLTY ON MY SELF-ESTEEM
FOR IT HAS BEEN DAMAGED ENOUGH
BY LOVE'S ABUSIVE DRILL TEAM
WHO'VE HANDLED ME TOO ROUGH
WITH THEIR PUFFED UP SELF-ESTEEM WALK SOFTLY ON THIS AGING BODY
THAT'S SUFFERED YEARS OF ABUSE
IT DESERVES GENTLENESS FROM SOMEBODY
NOT A PUNCHING BAG TO BE USED
NOT ANYMORE BY ANYBODY WALK SOFTLY ON THIS FRAGILE FACE
THAT'S KNOWN MANY A BLACK EYE
LIPS THAT HAVE HAD THEIR SMILE ERASED
ASK GOD OVER AND OVER...WHY
DO THEY ALWAYS HIT YOU IN THE FACE WALK SOFTLY ON THESE EARS OF MINE
THAT'S HEARD HOW STUPID I AM
HOW WORTHLESS TOO MANY A TIME
AND WHAT'S WRONG WITH WHO I AM
LISTING EVERY FAULT OF MINE WALK SOFTLY INTO MY FUTURE
OR DON'T WALK IN AT ALL
IF VIOLENCE IS IN YOUR NATURE
THIS IS THE WRONG GAL' TO CALL
NO MORE BRUISES NO MORE SUTURES COPYRIGHT 2008
DEBBY HARRIS
Tags: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE POETRY
IF YOU WANT TO BE LOVED...
BE LOVING
IF YOU WANT TO BE TREATED KINDLY...
SHOW KINDNESS
IF YOU WANT TO BE SHOWN MERCY...
BE MERCIFUL
IF YOU WANT TO BE ACCEPTED...
SHOW ACCEPTANCE
IF YOU WANT HELP FROM OTHERS...
BE HELPFUL
IF YOU WANT FORGIVENESS...
BE FORGIVING
IF YOU WANT RELIABILITY FROM OTHERS...
BE RELIABLE
IF YOU WANT TO BE BLESSED...
BLESS OTHERS
IF YOU WANT OTHERS TO LISTEN TO YOU...
BE A GOOD LISTENER
IF YOU WANT COMPASSION...
BE COMPASSIONATE
IF YOU WANT OTHERS TO TRUST YOU...
BE TRUSTWORTHY
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE FRIENDS...
BE FRIENDLY
IF YOU WANT TO BE RESPECTED...
BE RESPECTING TO OTHERS COPYRIGHT 2011
DEBBY HARRIS
*THE BEST EXERCISE THERE IS...IS TO BEND DOWN AND GIVE SOMEONE ELSE YOUR HAND."
TINY HANDS HELD MY FINGERS
OH...HOW THE MEMORY LINGERS
CHUBBY CHEEKS WITH DEEP DIMPLES
I LONG FOR WHEN LIFE WAS SIMPLE
WHEN YOU HAD NO TROUBLES OR SORROW
AND YOU LOOKED FORWARD TO TOMORROW THEN A NEIGHBOR SEXUALLY ABUSED YOU
FEARFUL AND RIGHTFULLY SO...YOU WITHDREW
I FILED CHARGES AND GOT YOU INTO COUNSELING
HELD YOUR HAND UNTIL YOU WERE SLEEPING
SPENT NIGHTS IN THE CHAIR BY YOUR BED
SO IN THE MORNING I'D NOT FIND YOU DEAD IT BROKE MY HEART WHEN YOU HAD PANIC ATTACKS
I TRIED MY BEST TO GET YOU TO RELAX
AT TIMES HOSPITALIZATION WAS NECESSARY
WHEN YOU FELT THE NEED FOR A SANCTUARY
A PLACE WHERE THERE WERE OTHER KIDS LIKE YOU
WHO UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU WERE GOING THRU FOR OVERĀ 20 YEARS I'VE HELD YOUR HAND
I'D BEEN ABUSED AND I COULD UNDERSTAND
NO MATTER THE TIME OF DAY OR NIGHT
I WAS THERE TO HELP YOU IN YOUR PLIGHT
ALL THESE YEARS I'VE KEPT YOU ALIVE
JULY 24TH...YOU GOT TIRED OF TRYING TO SURVIVE
WE TALKED THAT DAY AND YOU GAVE NOT A CLUE
OF WHAT YOU WERE PLANNING TO DO
MICHAEL...YOU BROKE YOUR PROMISE TO ME
YOU ENDED YOUR LIFE SO YOU COULD BE FREE
THAT NIGHT YOU LET LOOSE OF MY HAND
AND NOW IT'S JESUS THAT HOLDS YOUR HAND COPYRIGHT 2009
DEBBY HARRIS MICHAEL, I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU BUDDY...MOM
Tags: POETRY FOR SUICIDE SURVIVORS
Ā GOSSIP IS A TOOL THAT SOME PEOPLE USE
TO DESTROY SOMEONE'S CREDIBILITY
IT STARTS OUT WITH A PIECE OF NEWS
AND A WHOLE LOT OF FLEXIBILITY WHAT STARTED OUT AS ONE SIMPLE THING
PASSED ON FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER
WENT FROM A RIDE HOME TO A FULL BLOWN FLING
THESE ARE THE THINGS WE DO TO EACH OTHER SOMEONE'S CAR WAS SEEN AT THE WELFARE OFFICE
WORD BEGINS TO SPREAD SO AND SO LOST THEIR JOB
THE GOSSIP SNAKES REALLY START TO HISS
WITH THE MENTALITY OF A LARGE MOB SLITHERING AND ENTWINING IN THEIR CLIQUE
EACH LIKES TO ADD THEIR OWN LITTLE SPIN
SO THEY SIT WITH THEIR COFFEE AND NITPICK
COME ON PEOPLE...WHERE'S THE SELF-DISCIPLINE WE'RE BORN WITH TWO EARS AND ONE MOUTH
THANKFULLY IT'S NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND
ENOUGH GOSSIP IS SPEWN FROM JUSTĀ ONE MOUTH
THE DAMAGE FROM GOSSIP IS VERY PROFOUND COPYRIGHT 2011
DEBBY HARRIS
Tags: BLOG4FUN
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WITH PLASTIC BUCKETS AND CEREAL BOWLS
SHE BUILDS HER CASTLE MADE OF SAND
THE SUN AND SAND PLEASE HER LITTLE SOUL
SHE SINGS AS SHE MOLDS WITH HER LITTLE HANDS
HER TONGUE STICKING OUT IN CONCENTRATION
SUCH A PERFECTIONIST AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE
SHE LABORS WITH SUCH DETERMINATION
THE COOL, WET SAND IS HER STAGE
THE WAVES COME IN AND TICKLE HER TOES
SEAGULLS HOVER OVER THE PICNIC TABLES
WAITINGĀ FOR SOME OF THE DROPPED CHEERIOS
SWOOPING IN AS SOON AS THEY ARE ABLE
THESE ARE THE DREAMS OF HER INNER CHILD
DOING THE THINGS SHE NEVER GOT TO DO
AT NIGHT HER DREAMS GUIDED THE MOONCHILD
THEY WERE THE ESCAPE FROM WHAT SHE WENT THRU
SO WITH HER PLASTIC BUCKETS AND CEREAL BOWLS
THE GROWN WOMAN BUILDS CASTLES IN THE SAND
THE SUN AND THE SAND PLEASE HER WEARY SOUL
SHE SINGS AS SHE LABORS WITH HER GROWN HANDS
COPYRIGHT 2011
DEBBY HARRIS
ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF MY TV SCREEN...
FLASHES A WINTER STORM WARNING
OH CRAP...YA' KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS...
THE STORES WILL BE OUT OF EVERYTHING THE BREAD SHELVES WILL BE EMPTY...
MILK WILL ALMOST BE SOLD OUT
OH NO...WE'RE GETTING SNOW IN TENNESSEE...
IT'S GONNA' BE A BLIZZARD NO DOUBT AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW SHUT'S THINGS DOWN...
THE GOVERNMENT OFFICES AND THE SCHOOLS
THEY CLOSE EVERYTHING DOWNTOWN...
PEOPLE ARE DRIVING LIKE A BUNCH OF FOOLS I JUST SIT BACK AND LAUGH AT THE CHAOS...
BECAUSE I WAS RAISED IN WINTER WONDERLAND
WHERE LAKE EFFECT SNOW BLEW ACROSS...
AND BLANKETED GOOD OLD MICHIGAN IN THREE FEET OF SNOW WE'D WAIT FOR THE BUS...
WISHING THEY'D JUST CALL "SCHOOLS CLOSED"
THE SNOWPLOW DAMNED NEAR BURIED US...
IT WAS SO COLD WE COULD HARDLY FEEL OUR TOES WE LEARNED HOW TO DRIVE IN ALOT OF SNOW...
AND HOW TO DRIVE WHEN THERE WAS ICE
HOW TO KEEP WARM WHEN IT'S TEN DEGREES BELOW...
SLEDDING AND SNOWMOBILING IN THE COLD PARADISE SO I'M NOT AFRAID OF A FEW INCHES OF SNOW...
IT SURELY WON'T KEEP ME STUCK INSIDE
MY LOVE OF SNOW, I WILL PROBABLY NEVER OUTGROW...
IT'S BEEN WITH ME EVER SINCE I WAS A CHILD COPYRIGHT 2011
DEBBY HARRIS
AROUND ME BURNS THE PAGES FROM MY PAST
ONE BY ONE THEY ALL GO UP IN FLAMES
ALL THE MISTAKES THAT I HAD AMASSED
ARE BURNING NOW... ALONG WITH THE SHAME THO' I STAND IN THE MIDST OF THE FIRE
NOT A SPARK EVER TOUCHES ME
JESUS HAS HOSTED THIS BONFIRE
A HOMECOMING...JUST FOR ME THERE GOES THE PAGES OF GUILT AND SHAME
HEAPED ON THE PILE OF BURNING DEBRIS
SO MANY PAGES GOING UP IN FLAMES
MY LORD...IS PRUNING ME PAGE UPON PAGE FILLED WITH BLAME
IS BEING TORN OUT AND DISCARDED
EVERY SINGLE WORD USED TO DEFAME
THE HARSH LIES...MY CAPTORSĀ SPREAD FROM THE ASHES I HAVE RISEN ANEW
WHAT WAS MEANT TO DESTROY ME
STRENGTHENED MY RESOLVE TOWARDS YOU
I'M FREE NOW...FREE TO BE WHO I WANT TO BE COPYRIGHT 2008
DEBBY HARRIS Ā
Ā
THE SNOWFLAKES DANCE UPON THE AIR
AS THEY FALL GENTLY TO THE EARTH
BLANKETING THE GROUND EVERYWHERE
INSULATING NATURE UNTIL SPRINGS REBIRTH
THEY DANCE ALONG THE AIR CURRENTS
LIKE TINY BALLERINAS DRESSED IN WHITE
PIROUETTING AS THEY LAND UPON THE FENCE
ON THIS COLD WINTERS NIGHT
I WALK OUTSIDE AND LOOK UP AT THE SKY
WATCHING THE BALLERINAS AS THEY DANCE
THE WONDER OF IT ALL BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES
THERE'S JUSTĀ NO WAY WE'RE HERE BY CHANCE
COPYRIGHT 2011
DEBBY HARRIS
Tags: FRIDAY BYWAYS WITH BARBARA
THE WORLD MAY HAVE REJECTED YOU
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I'D NEVER DO
YOU SEE...IT FIRST REJECTED ME
WHEN I CAME TO SET THEM FREE LIKE YOU I WAS MISUNDERSTOOD
WHEN I WAS TRYING TO DO GOOD
I WAS UNDER CONSTANT SCRUTINY
SOME THOUGHT THE WORST OF ME I WAS UNFAIRLY PERSECUTED
MY WORDS OFTEN REFUTED
PEOPLE DON'T TRUST A GOOD HEART
IT'S OFTEN DISSECTED APART I TOO KNOW THE CONDEMNATION
FROM HAVING A FALSE REPUTATION
OFTEN PEOPLE CHOOSE TO BELIEVE
THE TALES OF GOSSIP THEY RECEIVE TEARS OF SORROW...I KNOW THEM TOO
YOUR ENEMIES CONSTANTLY PURSUE
THREATENED BY YOU SOMEHOW
DESTROYING YOU IS THEIR VOW YOU MAY WEEP FOR THE NIGHT
FEEL THE COLD GRIP OF FRIGHT
YOU MAY SINK INTO MOURNING
BUT JOY COMES IN THE MORNING TAKE HEART...FOR I TRULY UNDERSTAND
THE EVIL DONE BY MAN'S OWN HAND
STAY TRUE TO YOUR TASK
FOR SORROW SHALL EVENTUALLY PASS WHAT THE WORLD REJECTS...
HEAVEN ACCEPTS
ALL THESE THINGS I'VE OVERCAME
I PROMISE YOU...YOU CAN DO THE SAME
COPYRIGHT 2008
DEBBY HARRIS
Tags: ^+^WOUNDED ANGELS MINISTRY^+^
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