Aamamata

Sought out, killed by chance, raped and slaughtered Rockets wake me at night I must leave the certain death One of the few who values life All my hope is over In this sea I abide Now I sink like a stone In dark hues I confide Put a torch to my home The others are gone, buried All I have lost, I miss them Their death is in vain Waves, take me to the truth Will I ever be found? Burning salt in my throat They travelled so far, as have you A drowning at dusk, farewell Haven’t they paid enough? They’re more than a memory in my own life Something worse than Something worse than a slow goodbye Died by chance Died so far Hundred miles behind All my hope is over In this sea I abide Now I sink like a stone These waters hold my cries No one will bury me

So long have I tried to stand aside A noble ‘cause, bread of life for all mankind You’ve turned your back on me You’ve chosen death over being free Foolish man you can’t back down from your pride It’s over, you have taken my all Six eyes, three necks, broken knees, muted beauty Ripped from the breast, slit ear to ear A candle lit for those already gone There is no chance of coming back Foolish man you can’t back down from your pride The noose is tied, the hot wind blasts your saddened frown I give my body to the sea May the waves crash over me Privation of all I saw as need Wretched ingrates – you cannot believe Cut out, cut off, it burns my lungs I try to fight but my body stops It’s over, body thrown on the beach Beaten down, skin stripped clean With you, become you, bloodthirsty lust for the innocent Forced to the ranks of evil’s grudge I can’t leave now, I am you

Submitted by VladTheImpaler666 — Apr 26, 2025

Rolling by, weary, uneven planes A darkness lurks Slowly, I am given to the mystery I am drawn into its depths A wall of, formidable strength The power is palpable As I hold on to your hand Our bodies shaking in the cold, hard rain, "Help us!" Will someone send us a raft? Better we're eaten than left to starve Floating by, the need for human touch I'm all alone Sadly, I think I am on my own I am the only one left These angry waves... are crushing me Oh my god, it's hard to breathe The poison swells in my flaccid body Maybe I should swim back to what I know Are lead pills easier to swallow than white powdery waste? Should I hand you my head, or pull out my own tongue The scales of deep constrict my body's weakness I look to the sky and it cries for me Once I held on to your hand Now I'm fighting to stay alive, helpless What will happen to the race of man? Better to be lost than remembered wronged Born for slaughter, raising child soldiers for pain Giving our daughters, and all our hopes for your gain Not even a wet escape, so take me, away

Submitted by johnmansley — Apr 26, 2025

Every night I sleep in a lonely hole, My head encapsulates thoughts of lead Every night I wait for someone else, To remember me and collect my dust-ridden remains Eighty-one years to wake up Tell my children, I'll write to them tonight Hold my hand, I'll no longer lay down Everywhere my thoughts are sprouting life I need to see him The one who'll bring me to the path of light Every day I try to keep away the vultures flying over my head Every day I yell from this hole that you dug last night for me I died for something Could it be that I died for nothing at all? I never hurt anyone, Yet you kicked in my door and invited me to a shallow grave If I could have it my way If I had never died I would spread the peace I held inside Eighty-one years to wake up Can you hear me begging for my life? Raise me up, you won't keep me down My presence is living in your mind Hold my hand, I cannot stay in the ground Spitting dirt, standing up, I will change what you know Let me breath, give me air Not here nor there, but underneath Let me breath, let me up Rising from down below Anyone who wants to stand up Must be willing to be laid down Everyone chooses his stone Every man his thorny crown I will stand up, Aurora, I will stand up

Submitted by Warbringer — Apr 26, 2025

How do we cope? Unearthing what we’ve known They are breaking the silence Died, died for just believing You won’t die again The souls are rising A brazen triumph of faith How can I forget What you are and did for me? Look at my empty home Overgrown and covered in leaves A silken afterthought Dead, limp and lifeless A shadow buried deep How many of us exist Unified without air to breathe Why didn’t you stay silent? Broken but alive How can I forget? No one is here No one ever talks back to them I cannot fathom So early you filled the hole Mine are in the ground But yours could be next The scoffer made somber The scoffer made somber But yours could be next And those who forget pay in eternity Oh, don’t you turn away You must honor them It will all come back on you If you wait for me to break down and give my life away I’ll dig you out on bended knee No one dreams in these forgotten fields Ideas are never undone Never undone...

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025

Θα σου δώσω μια γέφυρα, Πάνω από τη γαλάζια θάλασσα, Που να ενώνει τον κόσμο των ονείρων με τα μάτια σου Και να εκτείνεται από την Αλκούντια στην Αμοργό. Από τη μήτρα σου, στην καρδιά μου. L-ilwien jikħalu mas-sikta tagħna, Fejn titwieled il-kanzunetta. Jiena niċħad l-ilma u l-għatx, Il-ħolma passjonali u l-memorja. Te dejo el agua y la sed, el sueño encendido y el recuerdo أترك لك مجموعة من الأسئلة بحيث تملأ أصابعك بالضوء مثل تلك التي تضيء عيون بني سيدو Et deixo un pont un pont de mar blava Que va del somni fins els teus ulls Un pont que ajudi a solcar La pell antiga del mar Del teu ventre al meu cor Que desvetlli la remor de tots els temps I ens ensenyi l'oblidat I ens ensenyi l'oblidat gest dels rebels E a Ponza la morte per vivere verso il mare Lo spazio pieno di luce dove si rispecchia... il mare... il mare... Qu'il nous dévoile le bruit des siècles, qu'il nous enseigne le geste oublié des rebelles, avec la rage du chant, avec la force du corps, avec la joie de l'amour. Et deixo un pont de mar blava que va dels somnis fins els teus ulls Perquè servis el nord en el teu navegar. גשר של ים כחול כדי שנרגיש יותר קרובים. גשר המאחד גופים וחיים שונים, שונים. Et deixo un pont un pont d'esperança I el far antic del nostre demà Perquè servis el nord En el teu navegar Et deixo l'aigua i la set, El somni encès i el record Et deixo un vers a Sinera Escrit amb traç d'un blau lluminós Que cantava a l'Alguer Per cantar el seu enyor... Et deixo l'aigua i la set, El somni encès i el record I a Ponza la mort Per viure cara al mar L'espai ple de llum On s'emmiralla el mar... el mar... el mar... el mar... el mar... Que desvetlli la remor de tots els temps I ens ensenyi l'oblidat I ens ensenyi l'oblidat Gest dels rebels Et deixo un pont de mar blava El blau del nostre silenci D'on sempre neix la cançó.

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025

A woman taken from home To appease the warlords' thirst The children give themselves up What must be done to save their own innocence? Innocents! Why do we fight, no one wins So sad now, I see you go An eye for an eye, kith for kin What must be done to forgive and to forget I loved you as if you were my own A bloodstained prize A gallon per ounce You think you are never wrong Human error and pride, One another, grieved in hate, our sons will feel our sins Nothing changes on earth's sodden ground I loved you as if you were my own No one knows you as I, having seen you at your worst An inner coward and thief You'd snatch a purse to drink to your neighbor in the dirt You think you are never wrong Human error and pride, One another, grieved in pain, our sons will feel our sins Nothing changes on earth's sodden ground You think you are never wrong Human error and pride, One another, meant to suffer, our sons will feel our sins Nothing changes on earth's sodden ground As we lived we will meet our end

Submitted by Finntroll — Apr 26, 2025

To the southwest land deep under the earth There lies the way I no longer breathe, but I'm not dead I rest on your lap, I cannot move around Sharpen your knife, sharpen it quick Those large black eyes fill with blood for my long trip Take the meat from the beast before the fifth day Remember me and toast before the end of time Watch me arise, I can see my path before me They call me sick, but death embraced me long ago May you judge over me I'll scale the mountain to arrive in heaven, trust in me This old body will rest in a stone cave To the north of this boat are lying all my ancestors I am going to escape from this world of lions Now open all the gates, I can hear them call I will never die alone, I'll stay until you get here Don't use my name again, Puya awaits your arrival Hold me and take me to a bed now it's the time to say goodbye Say goodbye and pray Lives and time, moments passed waiting to be taken To deny my ascension will be my worst failure [The afterworld is Puya, "the land of souls, " which is to the southwest under the earth. By a lavish death feast the deceased will reach Puya. He is judged by Pong Lalondong and then climbs a mountain to reach heaven, where he joins the deified ancestors as a constellation which guards mankind and the rice.]

Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 26, 2025

El jorn del judici Parrà qui haurà fet servici Jesucrist, Rei universal, universal Home i ver Déu, Déu eternal Del cel vindrà per a jutjar, per a jutjar I a cada u lo just darà Als mals dirà molt agrament: Anau, maleïts, en el turment! Anau, anau al foc etern Amb vostro príncep de lo infern

Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025