Submissions by LobodeSanPedro
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
"One who produces even a single good poem has not spent his life in vain" ~ Basho
I heard Heaven but they didn't hear Me
I heard Heaven but they didn't hear Me
2 July, 0125
Young vivacious voices sang in the next room
A church choir rejoiced on TV
Their singing echoed in my head as if it were hollow
But I laid there
Frozen
He was done with me
Shredded my loins
Beaten
I tethered in this web bloodied and swollen
Face down
Jeans pulled to my waist on his kitchen table
The hungry pants and gasps for air were
No longer mine
No longer his
...
2 July, 0125
Young vivacious voices sang in the next room
A church choir rejoiced on TV
Their singing echoed in my head as if it were hollow
But I laid there
Frozen
He was done with me
Shredded my loins
Beaten
I tethered in this web bloodied and swollen
Face down
Jeans pulled to my waist on his kitchen table
The hungry pants and gasps for air were
No longer mine
No longer his
...
102 reads
2 Comments
Pearl of My Eye
(submitted as part of a trilogy for the Zodiac Love competition)
Pearl of My Eye
Many see my brown skin
And coarse tufted ebony hair and think
Beast
Born of the jungle
Wild and ravenous
He's a Leo
That's what they are
Stay away from that
She was warned by many
That I would reek havoc
Just watch for the signs
He is a predator
He'll leave your carcass and soul for the jackals to pick at
She dared Fate and surrendered
to me in that first touch
She did not have to ...
Pearl of My Eye
Many see my brown skin
And coarse tufted ebony hair and think
Beast
Born of the jungle
Wild and ravenous
He's a Leo
That's what they are
Stay away from that
She was warned by many
That I would reek havoc
Just watch for the signs
He is a predator
He'll leave your carcass and soul for the jackals to pick at
She dared Fate and surrendered
to me in that first touch
She did not have to ...
134 reads
4 Comments
The Jackals Feast
(submitted as part of a trilogy for the Zodiac Love competition)
The Jackals Feast
Foolish was Hippomenes when he did
not pay tribute to Venus for
capturing the heart of the mesmerizing Atalanta
He should have known better
Men died in pursuit of her beauty
It was their star crossed love
that binds my fortune in the vengeance of Venus
For the two were cast out as lions
Forever damned for tempting Fate
My sign, Leo, cursed and plagued
to wear a hollow crown
In a kingdom where I must do...
The Jackals Feast
Foolish was Hippomenes when he did
not pay tribute to Venus for
capturing the heart of the mesmerizing Atalanta
He should have known better
Men died in pursuit of her beauty
It was their star crossed love
that binds my fortune in the vengeance of Venus
For the two were cast out as lions
Forever damned for tempting Fate
My sign, Leo, cursed and plagued
to wear a hollow crown
In a kingdom where I must do...
122 reads
4 Comments
She Calls Me Papi
(submitted as part of a trilogy for the Zodiac Love competition)
She calls me Papi
Ssssh ....Crack
Sssssshhhh ....Crack!
Sssssssshhhhh...CRACK!
If this motherfucker cracks that whip on my ear one more time
I'm gonna make him eat it
Then eat him
"Up Leo!"
Ssssh Crack!
"Up I say!"
Yeah yeah I know the routine
You say up
I go up
You say down
I go down
I know something else too
Today is not the day to try that your head in my mouth shit
Otherwise I'll...
She calls me Papi
Ssssh ....Crack
Sssssshhhh ....Crack!
Sssssssshhhhh...CRACK!
If this motherfucker cracks that whip on my ear one more time
I'm gonna make him eat it
Then eat him
"Up Leo!"
Ssssh Crack!
"Up I say!"
Yeah yeah I know the routine
You say up
I go up
You say down
I go down
I know something else too
Today is not the day to try that your head in my mouth shit
Otherwise I'll...
131 reads
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Apple Ass
Apple Ass
~ Lessons from the Gullah Isles ~
Ol' Man Jess had been barkin' somethin' awful
Sounds of a bay hound who's lost the scent
But none of his thrist
Just plain vexed he was
I peeked in on him
He was bowed for his morning call
"Fall to your knees before God
so you don't live there before men"
His Daddy taught him that
And he taught me
"You heatin' my apple ass woman?"
That's what he called it
To us it was just plain apple cider vinegar
I liked mine with honey
...
~ Lessons from the Gullah Isles ~
Ol' Man Jess had been barkin' somethin' awful
Sounds of a bay hound who's lost the scent
But none of his thrist
Just plain vexed he was
I peeked in on him
He was bowed for his morning call
"Fall to your knees before God
so you don't live there before men"
His Daddy taught him that
And he taught me
"You heatin' my apple ass woman?"
That's what he called it
To us it was just plain apple cider vinegar
I liked mine with honey
...
105 reads
2 Comments
No. 2
No. 2
Used every day to sharpen your mind
Or dull it with doctrines and dogma
Not meant to enlighten
But merely contain
Erase mistakes
Brush them away lightly
When done hurriedly
Violently
You leave little room for me to guide you further
As you grow
I am diminished
You want to get to the point
So I have to stay sharp but I'm dulled
And gnawed by the same things you are
The very same people
The very same world
You bite me
Play paper hockey with me ...
Used every day to sharpen your mind
Or dull it with doctrines and dogma
Not meant to enlighten
But merely contain
Erase mistakes
Brush them away lightly
When done hurriedly
Violently
You leave little room for me to guide you further
As you grow
I am diminished
You want to get to the point
So I have to stay sharp but I'm dulled
And gnawed by the same things you are
The very same people
The very same world
You bite me
Play paper hockey with me ...
119 reads
2 Comments
Mi Reina
Mi Reina
I was taught to play this game by my father
I've seen many men play it
My brothers learned it as children
And still play it that way
Taking one piece
After another
And another
Then another
A piece is a piece
Love the power of your Queen
But subdue her
Control her
She has no will within your fingertips
These were the whispered words of my father
A queen does not merely move
She holds court
She reigns
Her presence is her power
Let her dominate over all others ...
I was taught to play this game by my father
I've seen many men play it
My brothers learned it as children
And still play it that way
Taking one piece
After another
And another
Then another
A piece is a piece
Love the power of your Queen
But subdue her
Control her
She has no will within your fingertips
These were the whispered words of my father
A queen does not merely move
She holds court
She reigns
Her presence is her power
Let her dominate over all others ...
346 reads
6 Comments
Darkness under the Rainbow
Darkness under the Rainbow
I Hated his rainbow
He said it set him free
Gave him strength he said
"It just let's me be me"
"Red is life
Like the blood in my vein"
Stop talking like that
His silhouette mirrored my shame
Orange brought healing
Yellow stolen sunlight
What's your count today?
"350, I'm alright"
The nature of Green
Drew us to bike in Central Park
Time slipped away from us
And the shadows began to hark
In a sea of Blue
He bathed in harmony
Only his...
I Hated his rainbow
He said it set him free
Gave him strength he said
"It just let's me be me"
"Red is life
Like the blood in my vein"
Stop talking like that
His silhouette mirrored my shame
Orange brought healing
Yellow stolen sunlight
What's your count today?
"350, I'm alright"
The nature of Green
Drew us to bike in Central Park
Time slipped away from us
And the shadows began to hark
In a sea of Blue
He bathed in harmony
Only his...
#LGBT
#rainbow
#ignorance
76 reads
2 Comments
Ol' Man Jess
Ol' Man Jess
~ Lessons from the Gullah Isles
Tis the Devil's heat today
"Junior, come ya boy"
He needs cigarettes
I'm thirsty
So.
He spits at the ground
His aim near me
"If it dries
before you're
back ..."
I'd
Get switched.
Drink my sweat
Two packs of Camels
He had determined my worth
Stroke
Gospel hymns
When he died
But I only laughed
Make the devil run now
~ Lessons from the Gullah Isles
Tis the Devil's heat today
"Junior, come ya boy"
He needs cigarettes
I'm thirsty
So.
He spits at the ground
His aim near me
"If it dries
before you're
back ..."
I'd
Get switched.
Drink my sweat
Two packs of Camels
He had determined my worth
Stroke
Gospel hymns
When he died
But I only laughed
Make the devil run now
69 reads
0 Comments
Mundane Happiness
Mundane Happiness
Chiseled steel smooths blackened armor
Erasing the passing time
Check the clock
Late again
Keys
I've fallen from God's embrace
Dangle as strange fruit
Predators pick remnants
Hollowed whispers
Cackles
Login
"Good Morning"
Suffocating as I'm
Brought to my knees
Or was I born there
Retreat
No solace
Embrace this nightmare
Who'll dare wake me
Only I hear my screams
Chiseled steel smooths blackened armor
Erasing the passing time
Check the clock
Late again
Keys
I've fallen from God's embrace
Dangle as strange fruit
Predators pick remnants
Hollowed whispers
Cackles
Login
"Good Morning"
Suffocating as I'm
Brought to my knees
Or was I born there
Retreat
No solace
Embrace this nightmare
Who'll dare wake me
Only I hear my screams
93 reads
4 Comments
FUMAR
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518 reads
8 Comments
Resurrection
Wrought iron gates meant to protect
Protect who?
Segregate the freed from the burdened
This was not a boundary for us but merely an invitation
Set me free
I did as I was taught as a boy in a congregation seeking
Resurrection
Redemption
Fall to my knees and speak in tongues
Begged for the holy water that led to the after life
She grabbed my head as if to baptize me
"Come to Jesus and receive thy bounty"
As fulfilling as his bread
More intoxicating than the wine
Yet this nectar was not of the scriptures, or...
Protect who?
Segregate the freed from the burdened
This was not a boundary for us but merely an invitation
Set me free
I did as I was taught as a boy in a congregation seeking
Resurrection
Redemption
Fall to my knees and speak in tongues
Begged for the holy water that led to the after life
She grabbed my head as if to baptize me
"Come to Jesus and receive thy bounty"
As fulfilling as his bread
More intoxicating than the wine
Yet this nectar was not of the scriptures, or...
147 reads
2 Comments
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