I will capture the demons
I will contain them deep
Where none shall see

Demons of the soul
The body
They wage against me daily
But they will not win
For I will devour them
Eat them whole
Then smile

İDebra MacPherson 2002

JUST CUT THE DAMNED CORD!

İDebra MacPherson 2002

How can I go on?
But it's not my fault,
What should I do?
Why is life so unfair?
Will you do something!?!

Good questions all!
The answer is simple,
Just write the note
And JUMP!!!

İDebra MacPherson 2002

İDebra MacPherson 1975

You can spend this life alone
Or lonely
You choose

Absorb the wonder and mystery
Wonder and wander thru it
Revel in it's magic
Thrive in it's majesty
Or you can squander it

Wallow in suspicion
Dine with hate
And sleep with envy
Three boon companions, those

You choose

İDebra MacPherson 2002

And I am happy

Death reigns

As they flipped the switch
He smiled

Some things are worth the price

İDebra MacPherson 1975

Yet the mind spins and dances
Tangled web like thoughts course through my brain
Slight images of things past
Things yet to come

Images not unlike a Hawk
Soaring to the great pinnacles of expectations
Diving down to the depths of self revelations
Until finally,
Tiring,
It lays down its quest
Anxious to reach its journeys end
But taking the time to sleep
"Perchance to dream"

Something to be captured and tamed?

I was once a captured thing
Suffered the indignities of another's rule
Atrocities of nature were mine
Terrors of pain
Both body and mind

All those around me desired my soul
To make me less than them
Less than an animal
Cowed at their feet

Until I said, no more

I took back my soul
I hide the wounds deep
But at what cost?

Never to trust
Never to believe...
I have become a creature of the night
Dwelling only in darkness and shadow

Tread softly there fair thief
For my heart is a fragile thing
In it there are treasures
Greater than you have ever dreamed
There are depths of love
Deeper than any man has ever desired
Compassion that rivals that of the gods
Passions hotter than the very flames of Hell

Tread softly there fair thief
For my heart is a fragile thing
In it there is pain and sorrow
Such to make the angels weep
Suffering beyond man's comprehension
Suffering at man's hand

Tread softly there fair thief
For my heart is a fragile thing
Choose not to regard it lightly
Something to amuse you then be discarded
For in it there is cold deeper than man has ever known
A calculation, a hardness that can crush your soul

Tread softly there fair thief

The world is dark
Naught but storm and wind
Black clouds boil and grow
Blocking out the sun

We try to remember a time
When they were not there
Hanging over us like the black hand of fate
Clamoring for our souls

They fill our skies
Our lives
Draining us of hope
Destroying our dreams

Our minds drift back to happier times
When the sun shone down upon us
How we basked in it's warmth
It filled our lives
Our hearts
With joy

But the sun is a warrior
No matter how black the sky
No matter how impenetrable the cloud
She will win through

We will once again bask in her benevolence

You are that sun
And you will soon again shine
There will be a brilliance in the skies
And we will all bask in your glow

İDebra MacPherson 2000

I gather the pain
The horrors that cowered the child
The suffering of body and spirit
that was the young maid's
I gather it
And with it I forge a blade
of pure strength
To wield against my enemies

So to all comers I say
Throw down your gauntlets
Challenge me
If you dare
Do your best to break my spirit
It will strengthen me
I will feed off it
Devour it
Devour you

We are ours forever,
Your hand in mine we will
Laugh thru the joy
Love thru the pain

We will go slowly
Savoring the years

With you beside me I need never fear tomorrow
For the fire of our love is an eternal flame
It may at times flicker
But it will never die

I am choking on things I wish to say
No language can do justice
You are an image
And if a picture paints a thousand words
You are my gallery

It stands against the tempest’s roar.
It stares into the very eyes of hell.
It faces demons dark
and is never shaken, never bowed.
It is unyielding.

It soars beyond the highest pinnacles
the earth can offer up.
It is the guide
thru the uncharted waters.
It is empowering.

It cannot be measured
for it reaches from the heavens
to the very edge of doom.
It asks nothing but gives all.
It is undying.

It is heaven sent.
A gift from the Gods
bestowed upon me.
And I am blessed, for…
It is your love.

The darker side of FM. . .

I will be fine
not worried at all
the pain will lessen
I'll be back on my feet again
just watch me

I will be fine
the demons of my life
don't bother me
mere images of things past
they cannot harm me

I will be fine
nothing can destroy
my dreams for the future
the obstacles in my path
will be easily overcome

I will be fine
As long as I can keep lying to myself
I will be fine

alien tentacles squirm beneath the surface
constantly searching
looking for free territories to conquer
tentative probings at first
then a full invasion
attacking with the fires of hell

there is no rhyme no reason
they do it because they can
they love to lie dormant
for days, weeks
I am strong again
my spirit triumphant
they laugh, mocking me
and attack with vengance

robbing me of who I am
who I was
the ability to reason
to think
to live
to be
is all erased
by the white hot fire that is their wake

and I. . .
I am doomed
trapped inside this traitorous flesh
pain destroying my spirit
is my soul far behind?

İDebra MacPherson 2002