A Dream In a Requiem

it reminds me the time I took remnants
of my soul—to sail the river of memories,
to the world
where deads vomit tears and saliva,
where a river has nothing to offer 
but a skull of its dead son.
I, once heard a story of
how the soil married a seed;
and how men enthroned themselves
to the bed of kings in the hell. 
when the clock is asleep—
men grow wings 
to witness how an anthill
transforms into mountain–how it bloom flowers
that turn red, pink and blue, black.
now, tell me how our name fades
& how we'd paint our eyes red?




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 imspired magazine, Afrihill press, World Voices Magazine, Icefloe Press, Literary yard, Beatnik Cowboy, Piker press magazine, Teen Literary Journal, ILA magazine, Icreatives review, the yellow house magazine, williwash magazine,  Pine Cone Review, Synchronized chaos, Susa Africa, madswirl magazine, Applied Worldwide, Opinion Nigeria, Today Post, Daily Trust, Daily Companion and elsewhere.