Lorca

They dragged
Him out
The doors
While his
Nails grabbed
The sand
Then snapped
His hands
Bloody,
And theirs
Soon be
Bloodied.

Where did they take him?
Nobody knows.
Where did they take him?
Only God knows.

We don’t know where they killed him but
We know it was the early hours
Of the dawn. What tragedy!
The poet of the moon was killed
After the moon had left the sky
Or was leaving, having tucked her
Dear son, and walked down the steps.

Wonder if the next night, she came
Into his room and found the sheets
Disheveled, the door broken, and hand
Marks grabbing sand that stopped right where
They shoved him to the back of the truck
To take (where?) no body knows.

Not even the moon. Perhaps,
Not even God.



Poetry by Sameen The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2026-09-16 at 07:18

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arquious The PoetBay support member heart!
The moon entered the room
its dark light sickle-shaped
"La luna vino a la fragua"
the room now forge-of-arrival

"Si muero, dejad el balcón abierto"
and the balcony once open
remains unclosably open, still

"A las cinco de la tarde."
The clock stikes five
and dusk swallowed the Moon.
2026-09-19


Jamsbo Rockda The PoetBay support member heart!
Very powerful. I love how the moon is referenced.
2026-09-17


Artorius
This really makes me think about my own beliefs which are that nobody truly deserves to die. Visually thinking about him getting dragged away until his hands snap is horrific, great writing!
2026-09-16


MC Onbeat
The image of his nails grabbing at the sand until his hands snapped is brutal and hard to shake. Turning the moon into a mother who tucked him in and then finds the disheveled sheets the next night - that shift from violence to quiet grief lands really hard. And the close, "Not even the moon. Perhaps, not even God", is devastating.
2026-09-16


one trick pony The PoetBay support member heart!
To quote a friend, "fookin' brilliant."
2026-09-16