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WHAT MASK DO YOU WEAR? 
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER
I WORE SO MANY FACES
I HAD TO LEARN TO ADAPT
JUST TO SURVIVE
DEPENDING ON WHERE I WAS
I LEARNED HOW
TO PUT ON MY BEST FACE
TO HIDE MY PAIN
LIKE AN OLD DIVER'S MASK
CONSTANTLY CHANGING
ACCORDING TO THE DEPTH
OF EMOTIONS SURROUNDING ME
TRAPPED IN THE MASK
THE ATMOSPHERE STAGNANT
IT TOOK ALOT OF WORK
TO CONSTANTLY ADAPT
TRYING TO PLEASE EVERYONE
IS SUCH A TIRING TASK
I WAS DOING ALL THE WORK
TO MAKE OTHERS HAPPY
IN DOING SO I LOST MYSELF
I THREW OFF THE MASK IN ANGER
AND DIVED IN TO RETRIEVE MYSELF
I WOULD EITHER SINK OR SWIM
HIDDEN DEEP I DISCOVERED
A TREASURE CHEST OF EMOTIONS
GOD HAD GIVEN THEM TO ME MANY YEARS AGO
WHEN I WAS BUT A CHILD
NO LONGER DO I STRUGGLE WITH
TRYING TO PLEASE EVERYONE
IN DOING SO...
I WASN'T PLEASING MYSELF
COPYRIGHT 2011
DEBBY HARRIS
*WHAT MASK DO YOU WEAR? DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE TO PRETEND YOU'RE HAPPY WHEN YOU'RE NOT? WE ARE FULLY HUMAN; FULLY ALIVE AND IT'S UP TO US TO USE ALL OF OUR SELF; OR ONLY SOME OF IT. ARE YOU RUNNING ON HALF EMPTY?*
Tags: SONNETS SATURDAY SOUND
MY HEART REMAINS AT THE GATE 
MARRIED AT TWENTY
FILLED WITH DREAMS AND HOPES
SHE PLEDGED HER VOWS
IN FRONT OF THE PADRE CROSS
IN PRESIDIO PARK
ON A BEAUTIFUL SUNNY DAY
SHE GAZED INTO THE EYES OF HER BELOVED
AND LEGALLY GAVE HER HEART TO HIM
ON THE GROUNDS OF THE MISSION
NEAR BALBOA PARK
HER HEART SO OVERJOYED
SHE WAS NOW A WIFE TO A MAN
SHE LOVED WITH ALL OF HER YOUNG HEART
TIL' DEATH DO US PART
A VOW SHE HAS KEPT
FIFTEEN MONTHS LATER
HE HANDED THE DIVORCE PAPERS TO HER
HE HAD BEEN DRINKING AND SAID
"THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED...RIGHT?"
"HE" DIVORCED HER
THE PAPERS WERE FINAL
AND HER HOPES OF HIM CHANGING HIS MIND
WERE SHATTERED THAT EARLY MORN'
HE SAID "IF YOU LOVED ME...
YOU WOULD HAVE FOUGHT IT"
HE HAD LEFT HER WITH A 5 MONTH OLD CHILD
SHE HAD NO MONEY FOR AN ATTORNEY
HOW COULD SHE MAKE SOMEONE
STAY MARRIED TO HER
IF THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE
LIES AND RUMORS FROM MY LITTLE SISTER
TAUNTED HIS JEALOUS MIND
HE WOULDN'T BELIEVE THEY WERE ALL LIES
WHY WOULD MY SISTER LIE
WHAT DID SHE HAVE TO GAIN
WHAT SHE WANTED AND TRIED HARD TO GET
WAS THE MAN THAT I LOVE
SHE RUBBED HERSELF AGAINST HIM
AND FLIRTED SO BRAZENLY
WHEN THAT DIDN'T WORK...THEN CAME THE LIES
BETWEEN MY SISTER AND HIS MOTHER
WHO WAS JEALOUS OF HER SON'S LOVE FOR ME
I NEVER STOOD A CHANCE
IF WE WOULD HAVE STAYED IN CALIFORNIA
WOULD WE STILL BE MARRIED
ALTHOUGH I'VE BEEN MARRIED AFTER HIM
MY HEART HAS REMAINED AT THE GATE
WHERE HE WALKED OUT OF MY LIFE
BUT...HE'S NEVER WALKED OUT...
OF MY HEART
COPYRIGHT 2011
DEBBY HARRIS
Tags: SONNETS SATURDAY SOUND
AN ANGEL KEPT WATCH... 
INSIDE THIS HOME
A HORRIFIC SCENE AWAITS
DISCOVERY
FOUR BLOODY BODIES
LAY DEAD IN THEIR BEDS
SILENT
A FIFTH CHILD
IS BARELY CLINGING TO LIFE
FADING
AN ANGEL STANDS GUARD
COMFORTING THE DYING FIFTH CHILD
PRAYING
A MYSTERIOUS 911 CALL
COMES INTO CENTRAL DISPATCH
HURRY
POLICE ARRIVE ON THE SCENE
THE SMELL OF DEATH IS OVERPOWERING
NAUSEATING
THEY BUST DOWN THE DOOR
AND QUICKLY SECURE THE FIRST FLOOR
DREADING
THE SMELL IS SICKENING
AS THEY CLIMB THE STAIRS
DEATH
IN THE FIRST BEDROOM
A LITTLE BOY LIES STIFF AND BLOODY
DECEASED
IN THE SECOND BEDROOM
TWO LITTLE GIRLS IN BUNKBEDS
DECEASED
IN THE NURSERY
A BABY IN A PINK SLEEPER
DECEASED
IN A HALL LINEN CLOSET
A FIVE YEAR OLD GIRL LAY DYING
FADING
A RADIO CALL SUMMONS
EMT'S TO THE HALL CLOSET
HURRY
HER PULSE IS THREADY
AND HER PUPILS ALMOST FIXATED
DYING
SHE'S RUSHED TO A HOSPITAL
IT'S ALL IN GOD'S HANDS NOW
PRAYING
CRIME SCENE DETECTIVES
ARRIVE ON THE SCENE AND GATHER EVIDENCE
HORRIFIED
SO MUCH BLOOD UPSTAIRS
VOMIT STAINS WHERE BODIES HAD LAIN
PUTRID
WHERE ARE THE PARENTS
THEY FIND A PURSE WITH A LICENSE
FEMALE
THEY CHECK THE BASEMENT
FOR ANOTHER POSSIBLE VICTIM
APPREHENSIVE
A WOMAN CURLED UP IN A BALL
IS FOUND UNDER A BLANKET HIDING
VICTIM?
COVERED BY ALOT OF BLOOD
YET NO WOUNDS APPEAR ANYWHERE
SUSPECT?
TRANSPORTED DOWN TO THE STATION
THE WOMAN BABBLES INCOHERENTLY TO THE DETECTIVES
NUTCASE?
AFTER BEING PHOTOGRAPHED AND BOOKED
THE WOMAN IS BROUGHT BACK FOR QUESTIONING
WHY?
WHY...YOU ASK ME
THE WOMAN SAID TO THE DETECTIVES
WHY?
MY HUSBAND WAS TAKING CUSTODY
THE JUDGE SAID I WAS AN UNFIT MOTHER
AND?
I MADE SURE THE BASTARD
WOULD NEVER TAKE MY KIDS FROM ME
REVENGE?
NOW HE CAN'T TAKE THEM
EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM ARE DEAD
RIGHT?
WELL MA'AM THE FIVE YEAR OLD
IS STILL ALIVE AND SHE'S GOING TO MAKE IT
SURPRISED?
THE WOMAN GOES BALISTIC
AND HAS TO BE RESTRAINED PHYSICALLY
CRAZY?
HER FATHER IS WITH HER NOW
WHEN SHE IS RELEASED SHE WILL BE WITH HIM
JUSTICE
AN ANGEL WAS WATCHING OVER
YOUR FIVE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER THIS NIGHT
THANK GOD!!!
COPYRIGHT 2011
DEBBY HARRIS
*ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT A TRUE STORY; IT COULD BE. CHILDREN ARE ABUSED AND KILLED EVERYDAY BY A PARENT OR PARENTAL FIGURE. PLEASE BE A VOICE FOR THE CHILDREN.*
Tags: SONNETS SATURDAY SOUND
 IN THE MIDST OF LIFE'S RUINS 
I STEP BACK IN TIME
IN THE MIDST OF LIFE'S RUINS
DESTRUCTION IS EVERYWHERE
MY VOICE ECHOES AGAINST
THE EMPTY TEMPLES OF HOPE
THIS IS THE PLACE
WHERE MY DREAMS DIED
I STOOD HERE FOR YEARS
LIKE THE STONE MARBLE COLUMNS
THAT SURROUND ME
COLD AND INFIRM
HELPLESS AND HOPELESS
MY TEARS STAINED THE TILES
WHERE MY FOOTSTEPS TREAD
MY BLOOD SPLATTERED THE WALLS
THAT SHELTERED ME
AND THE BED WHERE I LAY
INNOCENCE STOLEN
WITH VIOLENCE
NO DOORS FOR MY ROOM
FOR I WAS ON DISPLAY
STUCK THERE LIKE A STORE MANNEQUIN
A TRAUMATIZED WAX FIGURE
WHO USED TO BE A CHILD
GRABBING AND PINCHING
PUNISHING AND FORCEFUL
SUBJECTED TO
UNSPEAKABLE ACTS
THE CHILD MANNEQUIN WAS STORED AWAY
AND WAS REPLACED BY
A TEENAGE ONE
THIS MANNEQUIN ATTRACTED
ALOT MORE ATTENTION
THAN THE CHILD MANNEQUIN DID
SUBJECT TO SEXUAL SLAVERY
USED AND ABUSED ALMOST DAILY
THIS MANNEQUIN GOT ALOT OF USE
AND WAS EVENTUALLY CAST AWAY
THIS IS WHERE MY CARCASS STOOD
ALONG THE PILLARS OF SHAME
MY WORLD WAS DARK AND COLD
NUMBLY I STOOD IN MY
ABANDONED POSITION
LIKE I WAS TOLD TO DO
ONE DAY AMONG THE RUINS
THE SUN CAME ROUND MY WAY
I FELT MY BODY WARM UP
AND TEARS ESCAPED MY EYES
AS I UNTHAWED
I FELT THE PAIN FROM YEARS OF ABUSE
SHAME HAD KEPT ME PRISONER
FEAR HELD ME HOSTAGE
THEN A MAN WITH LONG HAIR
AND A ROBE OF WHITE AND GOLD
CAME TOWARDS ME
I FEARED HE WOULD ABUSE ME TOO
BUT HE NEVER LAID A HAND ON ME
EACH DAY HE'D COME AND SIT BY ME
AND TALK TO ME
HE KNEW ABOUT MY PAIN
AND ALL THAT I'D BEEN THROUGH
HE TOLD ME
YOU DON'T BELONG HERE CHILD
THIS SHAMEFUL PLACE IS FOR THOSE
WHO DO BAD THINGS TO KIDS
IF YOU WILL TRUST ME
I CAN LEAD YOU OUT OF HERE
WILL YOU TRUST ME
SOMETHING ABOUT THIS MAN
CALMED ME AND I FELT SAFE
SO WHEN HE REACHED HIS HAND OUT
I TOOK HIS HAND IN MINE
HE LED ME OUT OF THE DARK RUINS
PEELED EVERY BIT OF SHAME
OFF MY BACK AND LEFT IT THERE
HE SAID
YOU'RE NOT A MANNEQUIN CHILD
YOUR FLESH AND BLOOD
PRETENDING YOU WERE ONE
YOU NUMBED ALL THE PAIN
BUT NOW IT'S TIME
TO RECLAIM YOUSELF
AND I AM HERE TO HELP YOU
NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO ABUSE YOU
IN ANY WAY OR MANNER
EXERT YOUR RIGHTS AND YELL
AND SCREAM AND TELL EVERYONE
WHO'LL LISTEN
UNTIL YOU FIND SOMEONE WHO
WILL BELIEVE YOU AS I BELIEVE YOU
WHEN YOU HEAL
USE YOUR EXPERIENCES TO HEAL
OTHERS JUST LIKE YOU
WILL YOU DO THIS FOR ME
YES, JESUS, I WILL
COPYRIGHT 2011
DEBBY HARRIS
*IF YOU'RE STUCK IN YOUR PAST, WALK BACK IN THERE AND RECLAIM YOURSELF. YOU'VE ALREADY LIVED THROUGH IT ALL. DON'T LEAVE THE HURT CHILD WITHIN YOU BACK IN THAT PAINFUL PLACE. EMBRACE IT AND RECLAIM IT. TAKE IT UNTO YOU AND PROTECT IT. NURTURE IT LIKE YOU WOULD YOUR OWN KIDS. NO CHILD DESERVES TO BE SEXUALLY AND PHYSICALLY ABUSED AND USED.*
Tags: FRIDAY BYWAYS WITH BARBARA
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN...
MAY I INTRODUCE YOU TO...
THE FAMOUS 3 IRISH TREMORS
ON THE LEFT WE HAVE FARTY
THE MIDDLE IS MARTY
ON THE RIGHT WE HAVE SHARTY
THEY'VE BEEN SINGING IN THE PUBS
SINCE THEY WERE WEE LADS
OH...THOSE 3 IRISH TREMORS
FARTY SINGS TENOR MOST OF THE TIME
MARTY SINGS BASS ALL THE TIME
SHARTY...HE CAN'T MAKE UP HIS MIND
THEIR UNIQUE SOUND FILLS THE PUBS
AFTER THE CABBAGE AND BEER
TAKES HOLD
FARTY GOT HIS NAME ONE FINE DAY
SINGING IN THE CHURCH CHOIR
HE EMPTIED THE CHURCH THAT DAY
MARTY HE'S ONE OF THEM SNEAKY FELLERS
HE BLAMES THE DOG, THE CAT
AND HIS GRANNY
NOW SHARTY HE'S A ONE MAN BAND
THEY SAY HE'S GOT ADHD BECAUSE...
HE CAN SING, TOOT AND DANCE AT THE SAME TIME
(ESPECIALLY WHEN RUNNING TO THE RESTROOM)
THREE HARMONIOUS VOICES THAT LOVE TO SING
WITH ENOUGH BEER AND CABBAGE
THEY GET SO HAPPY THEIR BUTTS SING
COPYRIGHT 2011
DEBBY HARRIS
Tags: ST. PATTY'S DAY HUMOR
HE'S THE MOST FEARED OF ALL DRAGONS
KNOWN FOR HIS BLACK HEART
AND RUTHLESS WAYS
BY DAY HE'S A HANDSOME ROGUE
SO ARROGANT AND VOCIFEROUS
INSULTING AND RELENTLESS
HE CRAVES ATTENTION FROM THE LADIES
WITH HIS TALES OF BRAVERY
IN THE FACE OF DANGER
BY NIGHT HE BECOMES HIS TRUE SELF
A DRAGON SEEKING REVENGE
FOR THE DEATHS OF HIS ANCESTORS
A TRUE DRACONIAN THROUGH AND THROUGH
HE LIVES TO PLEASE NO MORTAL MAN
THEY ARE SO BENEATH HIM
WHAT HEART HE HAS BELONGS TO ONLY ONE
A PRINCESS WITH A TEMPER TO MATCH
HE FINDS HER RATHER AMUSING
AT NIGHT SHE MEETS HIM IN A DARKENED CAVE
A PLACE WHERE SHE CAN BE
WHO SHE REALLY IS
HER MORTAL BEAUTY REPLACED BY SCALES AND TAIL
HE SMILES TO HEAR HER COMPLAINING
THAT HIS CAVE IS SUCH A MESS
THE VENGEFUL DRAGON KNOWN AS BLACKHEART
WHO SHOWS NO MERCY AT ALL
HAS A SOFT SPOT FOR EMERALDA
THE FAMED DRAGON WITH HIS RUTHLESS WAYS
CAN ONLY BE TAMED BY ONE WOMAN
THE PRINCESS WITH A SCORCHING TEMPER
HE SNORTS A LAUGH AND COMMANDS HER TO KISS HIM
THE ONLY TIME SHE'S SILENT IS WHEN
HE'S KISSING HER
FOR NOW THEIR LOVE IS KEPT SECRET
ONLY HER MOTHER KNOWS
AND APPROVES
HE COMES FROM A LONG LINE OF ROYALTY HIMSELF
GRANDSON TO DRACONIOUS THE GREAT
WHO WREAKED HAVOC IN HIS DAY
BLACKHEART WALKS BETWEEN BOTH WORLDS
THE MORTAL AND THE IMMORTAL
AS DOES EMERALDA
THEY BIDE THEIR TIME STEALING THE NIGHT
MAKING FUTURE PLANS FOR WHEN
THE WHITE DRAGON RETURNS
COPYRIGHT 2011
DEBBY HARRIS
*THIS IS CHAPTER 2 OF THE STORY OF PRINCESS EMERALDA.*
Tags: DRAGON/FANTASY POETRY
THERE ONCE WAS A LOVELY PRINCESS WHO..
WAS KNOWN ACROSS THE LAND
FOR HER BEAUTY
HER HAIR... RAVEN COLORED AND THICK
SKIN OF ALABASTER WITH...
EMERALD GREEN EYES
THE BEAUTY ON THE OUTSIDE... DISGUISED
HER VERY VENGEFUL HEART
HER FURY LIKE DRAGON'S BREATH
THE PRINCESS WAS MORE THAN JUST ROYAL
SHE WAS OF DRAGON ANCESTRY
ON HER MOTHER'S SIDE
HER FATHER...THE KING, KNEW NOTHING OF THIS
HE'D BEEN SEDUCED BY A DRAGON
A QUEEN WITH ANCIENT BLOOD
THE KING WAS OFTEN EMBARRASSED BY...
HIS DAUGHTER'S FIERY TEMPER
AND SCORCHING TONGUE
MANY A KNIGHT CAME FOR HER HAND
AND LEFT WITH A CRUSHED
HEART AND SPIRIT
THE QUEEN WARNED HER DAUGHTER
TO REIGN IN HER TEMPER
OR BE SENT AWAY
THE ANCIENT BLOODLINE OF THE DRAGON CLAN
WAS TO BE PROTECTED AND...
FIERCELY KEPT SECRET
PRINCESS EMERALDA WITH HER RAVISING BEAUTY
AND LUSH...THICK, RAVEN HAIR
WAS KEEPING A SECRET
THE KING WANTED HER MARRIED TO A MAN
HE FOUND FAVOR WITH
A DRAGONSLAYER
THE PRINCESS AND QUEEN WOULD HAVE NONE OF THIS
THE KING DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
WHY THIS WAS NOT TO BE
PRINCESS EMERALDA WAS SECRETLY BETROTHED
TO A DRAGON NAMED BLACKHEART
ONLY HE COULD TAME HER
COPYRIGHT 2011
DEBBY HARRIS
Tags: SURREAL PICTURE CHALLENGE
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