Sacred Scar // poetry by Mukaila HabeeulLah

SACRED SCAR 

she sells seashells by the seashore

_Terry Sullivan ‘08

i am a hungry man lying 

on the street of hunger—

i have all it takes to fool myself 

but i cannot consume the anger 

of fooling myself. 

the mountains, the seas, threatening 

to engulf the island—I hope i can develop 

with 'Asíwájú’ and his cohort, alas!

i couldn't control my fingerprints, i casted 

my vote already. 

i ensign constitutional rights & relied on 

Peaceful Assembly’ but it cannot circumstance 

the degree of blood that will shed to quench 

what the masses are yearning.

he stepped on press and said: ‘i felt 

your pain’

God forbids a time, i'll see a woman selling seashells 

by the seashore & cry for seashells!  

About The Author 

Mukaila HabeeulLah is an inspiring poet in Nigeria, Ilorin West L.G.A Kwara State. He is known with his pen name Habio Socrates, he is pursuing his Diploma in Shari'a and Common Law in Kwara State College Of Arabic and Legal studies in fact he's the President of Law Students' Association KWCAILS chapter. His works has been published in Spillwords, Wiliwash among others.