Submissions by ASK
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Never forgotten
Finally you are free, cancer got you on your knee
rest in peace, guess death is the only guarantee
today we mourn, lost a branch of the family tree
all I wanted was a last chance you to see
when I stare across the sea, I see your memory
guess that’s how it was supposed to be
RIP, no legacy is so rich as honesty
don’t dare disappear on me, can you hear
went out without fear, never saw you shed a tear
never complained, you were rough and strong
your word was your bond, we had a special bond
I was like a grandson, you were my...
rest in peace, guess death is the only guarantee
today we mourn, lost a branch of the family tree
all I wanted was a last chance you to see
when I stare across the sea, I see your memory
guess that’s how it was supposed to be
RIP, no legacy is so rich as honesty
don’t dare disappear on me, can you hear
went out without fear, never saw you shed a tear
never complained, you were rough and strong
your word was your bond, we had a special bond
I was like a grandson, you were my...
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Reflections
Don't know where to begin/
don’t want to go where I been/
you cannot win/ when/
you live life in sin/ friend/
don't know where to end/
this path I wouldn't recommend/
search your soul/ try life to amend/
help the helpless/ and never condescend/
left him breathless/ now he feels torment/
never knew what it meant/ no chance to prevent/
the course of event/ he can barely pay the rent/
we all have something in our past to repent/
something we love and something we resent/
so think twice before you judge that gent/
pay the price of the...
don’t want to go where I been/
you cannot win/ when/
you live life in sin/ friend/
don't know where to end/
this path I wouldn't recommend/
search your soul/ try life to amend/
help the helpless/ and never condescend/
left him breathless/ now he feels torment/
never knew what it meant/ no chance to prevent/
the course of event/ he can barely pay the rent/
we all have something in our past to repent/
something we love and something we resent/
so think twice before you judge that gent/
pay the price of the...
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My Self
Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves”
walking with hail of shells/ why do we hate ourselves/
wise words, quoting Henry David Thoreau/
paranoid/ can’t see a friend from a foe/
shit is hard/ through hardship we grow/
although/ I can’t escape the woe/
the wise know/ you reap what you sow/
stay loyal, trust no one and lay low/
no surrender, no retreat, going toe to toe/
time to make amend/ facing dead end/
thoughts penned/ so much I repent/
my life lacks focus and intend/
I’ll recommend the snake not to befriend/ ...
walking with hail of shells/ why do we hate ourselves/
wise words, quoting Henry David Thoreau/
paranoid/ can’t see a friend from a foe/
shit is hard/ through hardship we grow/
although/ I can’t escape the woe/
the wise know/ you reap what you sow/
stay loyal, trust no one and lay low/
no surrender, no retreat, going toe to toe/
time to make amend/ facing dead end/
thoughts penned/ so much I repent/
my life lacks focus and intend/
I’ll recommend the snake not to befriend/ ...
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Lies
Realize/ life comes with a price/
real lies/ concealed in cries/
real eyes/ see past worldly demise/
surrounded by spies in disguise/
never trust/ the advice of the wise/
time to rise/ confuse enemies with allies/
time to revise/ sit back and analyze/
I used to care for you/ carry you/
now I’m the beast that’ll bury you/
feel like a ferry too, but can’t sail/
listen closely to this tall tale/
find myself far off the scale/
the devil is hidden in the detail/
from a warrior's path I proudly hail/
never turn tail/ can’t afford to...
real lies/ concealed in cries/
real eyes/ see past worldly demise/
surrounded by spies in disguise/
never trust/ the advice of the wise/
time to rise/ confuse enemies with allies/
time to revise/ sit back and analyze/
I used to care for you/ carry you/
now I’m the beast that’ll bury you/
feel like a ferry too, but can’t sail/
listen closely to this tall tale/
find myself far off the scale/
the devil is hidden in the detail/
from a warrior's path I proudly hail/
never turn tail/ can’t afford to...
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Last Chance
I spit it on the spot, no rehearse/
put my feelings in a terse verse/
adverse feelings, yet so diverse/
this confusion I averse/ caught in a curse/
lately life changed for the worse/
my life I need to hurriedly reverse/
before them devils start to disperse/
yo, I need to coeerce/ a change/
before I derange/it's strange/
used to be close, now we estranged/
I took it on the chin/ felt dead/
live my life with sin/ and regret/
might forgive but never forget/
this a promise not a threat/
can’t count the tears I shed/
livin’ like...
put my feelings in a terse verse/
adverse feelings, yet so diverse/
this confusion I averse/ caught in a curse/
lately life changed for the worse/
my life I need to hurriedly reverse/
before them devils start to disperse/
yo, I need to coeerce/ a change/
before I derange/it's strange/
used to be close, now we estranged/
I took it on the chin/ felt dead/
live my life with sin/ and regret/
might forgive but never forget/
this a promise not a threat/
can’t count the tears I shed/
livin’ like...
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The World
Fuck being so politically correct/
always treat people with respect/
the more I think and reflect/
the deeper I sink and object/
to blindly follow this path I reject/
for God's sake/ basic rights they neglect/
they a plague/ missiles at schools they direct/
give and take/ the fools' acts take effect/
this you can't break/evil lies I detect/
time to wake/ insist on your piece of the cake/
but beware of the snake/ so beautiful but fake/
yo son, mind the mind manipulating media/
who do you think wrote the encyclopedia/
they...
always treat people with respect/
the more I think and reflect/
the deeper I sink and object/
to blindly follow this path I reject/
for God's sake/ basic rights they neglect/
they a plague/ missiles at schools they direct/
give and take/ the fools' acts take effect/
this you can't break/evil lies I detect/
time to wake/ insist on your piece of the cake/
but beware of the snake/ so beautiful but fake/
yo son, mind the mind manipulating media/
who do you think wrote the encyclopedia/
they...
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Forsaken
Sins satisfy the weak/ week after week/
those who immediate pleasure seek/
modestly claiming my rhymes are unique/
modern words of an ancient Greek/
they say, you reap what you sow/
through trials and tribulations we grow/
kingdoms come and go/ feel the flow/
lost life/ lost my crown/
I am fallin' deep down/
fail to follow my deen now/
reduced to a fiend/ the kingdom fell/
betrayed by the Queen/ it all went well/
until you came clean/ I am raising hell/
adversity foreseen/ hear the knell/
overtaken by...
those who immediate pleasure seek/
modestly claiming my rhymes are unique/
modern words of an ancient Greek/
they say, you reap what you sow/
through trials and tribulations we grow/
kingdoms come and go/ feel the flow/
lost life/ lost my crown/
I am fallin' deep down/
fail to follow my deen now/
reduced to a fiend/ the kingdom fell/
betrayed by the Queen/ it all went well/
until you came clean/ I am raising hell/
adversity foreseen/ hear the knell/
overtaken by...
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Hopeless
My rhyme require complete concentration/
pay attention/ put great value to discretion/
caught in deeply disturbed contemplation/
I’ll give you my most inner confession/
feel like I fell victim to temptation/
like going thru a sinner’s recession/
saw the sign, my mind facing alteration/
I fear the coming of depression/
I was taken by a violent vibration/
constantly in a state of aggression/
honestly son, can’t remain patient/
seeking’ comfort in repression/
don’t forgive or forget aggravation/
listen and learn/ first lesson of the session/...
pay attention/ put great value to discretion/
caught in deeply disturbed contemplation/
I’ll give you my most inner confession/
feel like I fell victim to temptation/
like going thru a sinner’s recession/
saw the sign, my mind facing alteration/
I fear the coming of depression/
I was taken by a violent vibration/
constantly in a state of aggression/
honestly son, can’t remain patient/
seeking’ comfort in repression/
don’t forgive or forget aggravation/
listen and learn/ first lesson of the session/...
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Keep your head above water
The flow flows fluently in my rhyme/
my words so beautifully intertwine/
you can hear me tear in this line/
sometimes I feel like pullin' a nine/
deep reflections, feel fear in my mind/
ill connections, my mental health decline/
lately lost grip of reality and time/
never understood the treacherous sign/
sometimes you up, sometimes you down/
enemies keep comin’ for your crown/
your success will make them drown/
lookin' back, look like a clown/
sometimes I feel like leaving town/
leaving all this shit behind/
never thought a good...
my words so beautifully intertwine/
you can hear me tear in this line/
sometimes I feel like pullin' a nine/
deep reflections, feel fear in my mind/
ill connections, my mental health decline/
lately lost grip of reality and time/
never understood the treacherous sign/
sometimes you up, sometimes you down/
enemies keep comin’ for your crown/
your success will make them drown/
lookin' back, look like a clown/
sometimes I feel like leaving town/
leaving all this shit behind/
never thought a good...
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My people
My rhymes contain no pretense
hence, my lines are so intense
don't paint with pencil but pens
remorse and regret, repent my sins
since evil is where it all begins
proudly present my pedigree
if you don’t know, you don’t see
desperately trying to fight or flee
certain circumstances caused conflict
confused cuz life appears so complex
listen, you afraid when it is lightning
imagine people in Gaza at night then
thousands of warriors doing time in a cellblock
kids suffering from shell shock, so sad ...
hence, my lines are so intense
don't paint with pencil but pens
remorse and regret, repent my sins
since evil is where it all begins
proudly present my pedigree
if you don’t know, you don’t see
desperately trying to fight or flee
certain circumstances caused conflict
confused cuz life appears so complex
listen, you afraid when it is lightning
imagine people in Gaza at night then
thousands of warriors doing time in a cellblock
kids suffering from shell shock, so sad ...
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Homie
Yo this for my homie/
thanks for holdin' my back/
you were the only/
dedicate to you this track/
caught me when I was lonely/
felt like I was a sad sack/
saved me from the phony/
won't be able to pay back/
hold on, is what you told me/
struggling to stay on the track/
felt frustration/ felt full of fear/
but you kept me from fallin' through/
for that I owe you/
still on the edge though/
dramatize to make it flow/
traumatized by all the woe/
all the lies will make you grow/
miles...
thanks for holdin' my back/
you were the only/
dedicate to you this track/
caught me when I was lonely/
felt like I was a sad sack/
saved me from the phony/
won't be able to pay back/
hold on, is what you told me/
struggling to stay on the track/
felt frustration/ felt full of fear/
but you kept me from fallin' through/
for that I owe you/
still on the edge though/
dramatize to make it flow/
traumatized by all the woe/
all the lies will make you grow/
miles...
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Confused
I like to write/ but don’t do it for the like/
lost the ability to see wrong from right/
caused the hostility I feel toward life/
furious, fumblin’ through the night/
curious, will I ever find the light/
clouds in sight/ feel outright contrite/
couldn't care critics claim my words incite/
darkness approaches my mind to benight/
never took time to think it through/
lost hope/I took a toke/
took a turn for the worse/
saw my dreams burn and burst/
like a fiend’s thirst/
friends and...
lost the ability to see wrong from right/
caused the hostility I feel toward life/
furious, fumblin’ through the night/
curious, will I ever find the light/
clouds in sight/ feel outright contrite/
couldn't care critics claim my words incite/
darkness approaches my mind to benight/
never took time to think it through/
lost hope/I took a toke/
took a turn for the worse/
saw my dreams burn and burst/
like a fiend’s thirst/
friends and...
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