Packet of Lies
it is in the heaven's stomach;
you see a glittering that make your
hope grow beards.
on your head you carried
packets of lies
crossing the hills in the cemetery.
in your pocket you homed a
stranger, offer him a bed to lay
and steal from the bank of his soul
at night.
& you named yourself a synonym
to death
but remember, as you chase life it
refels back,
rejecting the offer you offered.
note, loneliness is not an excuse
to stay alive. and remember greed
is a sweat of the devil.
Mubarak Said
Mubarak Said is the 3rd runner-up of
the poetry category of the 2022 Bill Ward Prize for Emerging Writers. His works
are forthcoming and published in many literary magazines national and
international as inspired magazine, World Voices Magazine, Icefloe Press,
Literary yard, Beatnik Cowboy, Piker press magazine, Teen Literary Journal, ILA
magazine, Icreatives review, the yellow house magazine, Pine Cone Review,
Synchronized chaos, Susa Africa, madswirl magazine, Applied Worldwide, Opinion
Nigeria, Today Post, Daily Trust, Daily Companion and elsewhere.