Poems From Another Time Nemonica Bars Copyright Nemonica Bars 2012 Published at Smashwords Cover art: http://leafbreeze7.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d4s585l & http://jimmyjaszczurka.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=24#/d1roqll Great thanks to the artists who allowed me to use their work.<3 -Nemonica Untold Secrets I don't want to tell But I don't want to suffer He doesn't know, it's not all his fault Alcohol is the devil, the one changing him He doesn't know my pain, but it's not all his doing An hour out with friends for one can turn into a lifetime of screams for another I would know I wish he would stop, but i'm afraid to tell... My only other options are to bear with it... Or to end it all... Religion Kills Why do we fight For what we believe? Why can't we just stop, stand back and see? A world with religion is a world with hell That's what we make it, and only we can tell. We fight for our prayers, our thoughts and lords But why must we fight with our guns and swords? In this poem lies a message, sit back and think... of what I try to tell you with this paper and ink... *NOTE* In this poem i'm not going against any religion...I have a religion myself...the point of this poem was to ask "Why do we fight over our religions? Why don't we accept eachother?" I had to point this out due to multiple arguments over this poem... -NB To Fight Against We rise against them but they only push us farther We fight against them but they only fight back harder We try to run but they always bring us back Only to face the pain of punishment We wait for someone to come around Someone who won't just push us down But, for now, as we wait We fight against them, tear down their gate... Stand This poem goes out to the ones like me. The ones who forgot who they wanted to be The ones who are blind from all their tears The ones taken over by their silent fears The ones who can't speak, who are without a voice The ones uncomfortable with making the choice I tell you this now, stand up and fight Never give in to the hatred and spite A lesson i've learned through all my years, To stand up and face my darkest fears Creature Of The Night An everyday creature Of sound and of sight One you see in the day One you see in the night With its glowing eyes and sharpened claws It takes cunning and skill to escape its jaws Of the creatures in the night, you have nothing to fear Because, listen now, they're always near The Girl Called Fire My flames lick up to the sky above... Just because I’m hot-headed doesn't mean I can't love... You'll only be burned if you come to close, But I’m a nice person...at least to most... Though I may look deadly, I swear I’m not.. Even though I can kill you with only a thought... I'm the girl they call Fire, but don't be afraid... I killed my sister, Water, so you can't be saved. The Tree of Our Life We fall from the tree The tree of our life We glance at the glimmering, welcoming knife As it draws us near, we panic, we fear Our mind says something we never will hear Something vital that could just save our life From this glimmering, welcoming, blood-drawing knife... My Innocence I sit there in my corner I softly start to cry Innocent until proven guilty But I have no alibis... I never did this thing they said But they don't believe my word... But if you'd only listen! It's really quite absurd... I never killed my child... I could never even try... But now, without a trial... I'm sent away to die... Masked No one will see... And this you fear... No one will see your shining tears.. No one will know of the things you saw No one will know what you prayed to God They never knew of your mother that died... Nor will they see the tears you cried You wiped them away for a chance to forget You dried your eyes so this life can reset As you put on your mask, no more tears to shed The pain that's inside you will leave you for dead... To anyone who’s thought about self-harming… How to get through A day of this life... Without even glancing At this blood-red knife We follow the world We try to compare... We don't even know That we shouldn't care... Go on with this life. With the dreams we chase... Bearing the memories That we can't erase Find a reason to smile Or a friend in need In this you'll find love... Never have to bleed...<3 This is to ANYONE who has EVER had a single THOUGHT about self-harming. I know I have...<3 There's love in the world, whether it's near or far....if you search for it, you'll find it, and maybe have a few adventures on the way. Just remember that people love you, including me. -NB We Are The Fallen We are the fallen All those forgotten No longer safe Abandoned by God We are the fallen Those misunderstood Please help us now For our darkness is good We are the fallen And you may ask What does it take? To clear this mask? It's all in the love Of a friend or a partner They'll help you now Before it gets darker Darkness of The Light The small ballerina She moves with grace Holding a veil To hide her face She dances in black Ever-changing themes But this ballerina Is darker than she seems With her long dark hair And her eyes that gleam With her style and grace She looks to serene But this girl has a secret That we all should fear Why this dark ballerina Has shed her tears Shards & Stitches We cut it all away We sew it back together The cuts stay only for a bit While the scars, they last forever. The scars you think I’m speaking of... They aren't below our hands... We search and try to find the light But darkness never ends It stays with us forever The pain we fight away... We think that time will heal us... We wait day after day.... This savior may not ever come... And though we wait to see... My heart and soul, becoming numb... What has become of me? We must now learn to stand and fight Bear the scars, we must... Killing evil, pain and spite... They will be turned to dust. This Valentine’s Day This Valentine’s Day I don’t have a partner I don’t have a lover I don’t have a mate All I need are my friends And we need each other They taught me to love And kept me from fate Sometimes I forget How much I care I forget to notice They’re always there… So this Valentine’s Day No tears will fall For I have my friends And we have it all Insanity The darkness, as it grabs me It pulls me down below They sew a smile to my face But that's only for show The people here will never see what’s going on inside Most people, if they ever saw They'd run away to hide This Hell inside my mind right now It's making me insane But if I could just end this all It'd take away the pain I'm sorry if this makes you sad But, really, you should know That if I do not end this now This Cancer, it will grow... The Ash of Our Fire Silence is deafening Numbness is painful Love can be hateful This we all know But we still take the chance For this is our life Will our fire burn out? Or stand in its glow? The ash that's left over... When we run out of time Shows how we made it How we found our way blind... We won't be forgotten And this we will know But take the time now... And let your heart show. Nighttime Walks A silhouette against the sky, lit only by the moon As the night, it turns to day Takes away its gloom We walk this dusty, lonely path Through all the falling leaves Although the dawn soon will come The darkness stands and grieves The creatures lurking in the night They all will eat a soul But as the dark consumes us now This life, it has no goal A Soul, Lost The story of a girl unknown It bursts up into flame What can we do when all is lost But hang our head in shame? My life, it seems to worthless now All my hope is gone... We sit in darkness... Wait and cry... Hoping dawn will come I stopped my living weeks ago But existence never ceased My mind, my soul becoming numb But all I want is peace My sanity shattered Fallen far Through darkness, dust and light To see the soul of shattered mind... A dark, compelling sight... Divinity Divinity, goddess of black and green Who talks to her friends although she's unseen With her masquerade mask, she walks through the hall When she's halfway to Hell, she hopes she won’t fall She's hidden herself through life until death But her secrets escaped all in one final breath But no one was there to witness her fall She kept herself closed with no one to call But in death, she's quite happy Insane, you might say When no one was there to see her last day Puddles of Blood – Nature of a Killer Puddles and pools of blood and tears. Thoughts locked away of anger and fears. Sometimes there is hope for some to escape. But for misfits like us we all meet our fate. They say we're insane, they say we're no good. They mark us as evil As only they could. Now the joke's on them. Insane, I may be... As I take hold of this knife and watch them all flee. Dream of their deaths, their pain and their blood... A silent smirk in the night as I think of the flood... I'm not a bad person and this you will see... and what's bad of watching their deaths in my glee? Artists Never Die It starts with a vision A simple thought And we put onto paper The things we have sought We draw out our pains, our thoughts and our fears But also, some happiness behind all our tears So go ahead, bleed out in ink as you cry But you won't be forgotten For artists never die.