Submissions by NineMinusEight
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Loneliness breeds inner strength. Consumed by depression, I will not be. Cold the personalities fence. Warm the feelings inside of me
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
16th Aug 2023 3:17pm
16th Aug 2023 3:17pm
Torn
He stood alone
Watching the horizon colors change
As day peacefully surrendered to the comfortable night
His eyes gleamed
Memories now seem so strange
As time relentlessly persists its endless fight
His head bowed
Shadows surrounding the lone ghost
As darkness and cold replace the bright and warm
He laid alone
Flesh once alive no longer the host
As spirits gazed down
From the world of the living
now Torn
Watching the horizon colors change
As day peacefully surrendered to the comfortable night
His eyes gleamed
Memories now seem so strange
As time relentlessly persists its endless fight
His head bowed
Shadows surrounding the lone ghost
As darkness and cold replace the bright and warm
He laid alone
Flesh once alive no longer the host
As spirits gazed down
From the world of the living
now Torn
#death
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SONG LYRICS
Published
16th Aug 2023 2:27pm
16th Aug 2023 2:27pm
Did it (see me now?)
I can't give up, I won't lose my sight
There's something telling me I gotta get up and fight
It's been a hard road, and I'm still on that path, yeeeeeah
I'm tired, in pain, and I don't want to go back, yeeeeeah
How many lives have you lived?
How many peeps have you known?
How many lessons you learned?
Have you emotionally grown?
Right now you can't believe your eyes
because you see what you see
and seeing is believing motherfucker believe me
I'm spittin' Fire
CHORUS Did it x5 See me now? x2
...
There's something telling me I gotta get up and fight
It's been a hard road, and I'm still on that path, yeeeeeah
I'm tired, in pain, and I don't want to go back, yeeeeeah
How many lives have you lived?
How many peeps have you known?
How many lessons you learned?
Have you emotionally grown?
Right now you can't believe your eyes
because you see what you see
and seeing is believing motherfucker believe me
I'm spittin' Fire
CHORUS Did it x5 See me now? x2
...
#LifeStruggles
#SelfReflection
#PersonalGrowth
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LOVE POEM
Published
11th Aug 2023 1:33pm
11th Aug 2023 1:33pm
The Fall
I wish you some, I wish you some love
Time for me is running out, for sure
I wish you some, I wish you some love
There's no need to hang around, no more
I wish you some, I wish you some love
because life always leads, to the fall
You lost the needle in the haystack
You went the wrong way, you can't go back
This path it seems to lead to nowhere
The more time flies the more I don't care
They say it's not about the knockdown
but how you get back up and rebound
not having fun, and feeling too much pain
sometimes you'd...
Time for me is running out, for sure
I wish you some, I wish you some love
There's no need to hang around, no more
I wish you some, I wish you some love
because life always leads, to the fall
You lost the needle in the haystack
You went the wrong way, you can't go back
This path it seems to lead to nowhere
The more time flies the more I don't care
They say it's not about the knockdown
but how you get back up and rebound
not having fun, and feeling too much pain
sometimes you'd...
#love
#FallingInLove
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Aug 2023 1:22pm
11th Aug 2023 1:22pm
Don't give up, Wake up
It's never going to be ok
if you're not busy every day
the silence is so loud for some
reality can come undone
do you accept the truth?
or do you play the game?
beLIEve in all the things you do
so you don't go insane?
It's hard to understand
when clearly there's no proof
how brainwashed can so many be?
how afraid of life are you?
It's never going to be ok, if you don't hear us
It's never going to be ok, in time we'll kill us
Do you know why you're here?
What purpose do you serve?
Can...
if you're not busy every day
the silence is so loud for some
reality can come undone
do you accept the truth?
or do you play the game?
beLIEve in all the things you do
so you don't go insane?
It's hard to understand
when clearly there's no proof
how brainwashed can so many be?
how afraid of life are you?
It's never going to be ok, if you don't hear us
It's never going to be ok, in time we'll kill us
Do you know why you're here?
What purpose do you serve?
Can...
#LifeStruggles
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SELF POEM
Published
6th Aug 2023 9:49pm
6th Aug 2023 9:49pm
Defiant Taurus
I'm master of ceremonies
familiar with matrimony
got burned by the universe
now I'm fighting my demons, hurry
you better get ready cause reality is scary
even though I learned my lesson
losing to cancer is shitty
haven't been able to move
how do I get back my groove?
I got this untapped potential, but I continue to lose
I'm looking for that big break
sometimes success you must take
asking for help from your family something I can relate
to the hurt, to the pain, to the struggle, to the shame
getting up, it's not easy when...
familiar with matrimony
got burned by the universe
now I'm fighting my demons, hurry
you better get ready cause reality is scary
even though I learned my lesson
losing to cancer is shitty
haven't been able to move
how do I get back my groove?
I got this untapped potential, but I continue to lose
I'm looking for that big break
sometimes success you must take
asking for help from your family something I can relate
to the hurt, to the pain, to the struggle, to the shame
getting up, it's not easy when...
#strength
#LifeStruggles
#SelfWorth
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UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
6th Aug 2023 9:35pm
6th Aug 2023 9:35pm
Brand New Day
Chill like NaMastE, but Not Made Equal
it's NineMinusEight, and I'm back with a sequel
follow my words, or I can meet you at the chorus
I'm old like Fred riding on a Brontosaurus
started kinda late, but that's better than a period.
your girl was kinda late, now you dealing with a brand new kid
full of myself my lifestyle is a simple one
I wake up in the morning saying I'm gonna have some fun
play what now? I'm a content machine
I'm that confused player running around on your screen
drinking Marshmallow Rockstar, eyes out of focus
out of...
it's NineMinusEight, and I'm back with a sequel
follow my words, or I can meet you at the chorus
I'm old like Fred riding on a Brontosaurus
started kinda late, but that's better than a period.
your girl was kinda late, now you dealing with a brand new kid
full of myself my lifestyle is a simple one
I wake up in the morning saying I'm gonna have some fun
play what now? I'm a content machine
I'm that confused player running around on your screen
drinking Marshmallow Rockstar, eyes out of focus
out of...
#hope
#LifeStruggles
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SONG LYRICS
Published
4th Aug 2023 3:09pm
4th Aug 2023 3:09pm
I get tore up
I'm watching One Punch Man, whipped strawberry Rockstar
I'm down with the program, but you gotta want some
My Bubba Kush crip man, my steak is me-di-YUM
You riding my flow, so
just admit it's a
Jam
I'm All father Preacher, I'm Legion in dreams
American Rockstar, aint all that it seems
Yeah I been round feeling nothing since 2016,
and if we got that in common then you widowed like me
I'm searching for purpose as I hobble along
Standing up, watching boxing, writing this in the dark
I got no plans for tomorrow, got no plans...
I'm down with the program, but you gotta want some
My Bubba Kush crip man, my steak is me-di-YUM
You riding my flow, so
just admit it's a
Jam
I'm All father Preacher, I'm Legion in dreams
American Rockstar, aint all that it seems
Yeah I been round feeling nothing since 2016,
and if we got that in common then you widowed like me
I'm searching for purpose as I hobble along
Standing up, watching boxing, writing this in the dark
I got no plans for tomorrow, got no plans...
#marijuana
#FeelingLost
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
30th Jul 2023 9:47pm
30th Jul 2023 9:47pm
If you could ______ me
#conflict
#sex
#friendship
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SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
30th Jul 2023 9:29pm
30th Jul 2023 9:29pm
Ghosts don't cry
Ghosts don't cry, but people do
The wind is a sound
You feel it through
building emotions
Weighing down your heart
Cry for me, cry for life
but death is a fact
So don't cry for the dead
One day you'll know why
Ghosts don't cry
The wind is a sound
You feel it through
building emotions
Weighing down your heart
Cry for me, cry for life
but death is a fact
So don't cry for the dead
One day you'll know why
Ghosts don't cry
#death
#LifeCycle
#emotions
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SONG LYRICS
Published
28th Jul 2023 9:21pm
28th Jul 2023 9:21pm
You might never be OK
When I was young, I lived, across from the sea
It was so nice, everyday, in the sun
Plenty of friends, we would play, in the streets
Life was so simple, having fun, when I was young
(Chorus)
Where did you go? Why did you leave us?
I know it's not your fault you had to go away
Now I'm in pieces, look in the mirror
Talk to myself, say you might never be ok
<8 bars music>
I fell In love, with a girl, so unique
She was the one, who was sent, from above
She tried to teach me, how to live, but I couldn't see
I had it all,...
It was so nice, everyday, in the sun
Plenty of friends, we would play, in the streets
Life was so simple, having fun, when I was young
(Chorus)
Where did you go? Why did you leave us?
I know it's not your fault you had to go away
Now I'm in pieces, look in the mirror
Talk to myself, say you might never be ok
<8 bars music>
I fell In love, with a girl, so unique
She was the one, who was sent, from above
She tried to teach me, how to live, but I couldn't see
I had it all,...
#hope
#memories
#LifeChangingMoment
#gratitude
#healing
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DARK POEM
Published
28th Jul 2023 8:56pm
28th Jul 2023 8:56pm
It Hurts
What you get / when you let / your guard down
These high walls / are for keeping / you out
Never taking / a chance / I'll regret
Never trying / means they / can't reject, cause
It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!
It hurts! It hurts! it hurts!
It hurts you from the inside!
Finding love / something you / shouldn't try
Better off / spending your / whole life high, cause
It hurts! it hurts! it hurts!
It hurts! it hurts! it hurts!
It hurts you from the inside!
Hide your eyes / with the truth / from the sheep
That...
These high walls / are for keeping / you out
Never taking / a chance / I'll regret
Never trying / means they / can't reject, cause
It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!
It hurts! It hurts! it hurts!
It hurts you from the inside!
Finding love / something you / shouldn't try
Better off / spending your / whole life high, cause
It hurts! it hurts! it hurts!
It hurts! it hurts! it hurts!
It hurts you from the inside!
Hide your eyes / with the truth / from the sheep
That...
#sadness
#anger
#grief #frustration
#grief #frustration
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