To Rudolph and Leonell

there is so much truth in wine
is why listening to you is a delight
there’s a way you cannot be
if you have tasted this much truth
i have come to terms with the fact
that God has nothing to prove
if you sabi, walahi you sabi
this may mean nothing
but i’d like that you pay attention
to the fact that you are god!

when you see an art work
do you take time to think
of everything the artist went through to become that beautiful, smooth? i think of the things that keep you up at night, worried sick
maybe i will never know maybe that is okay but i need something to hold- maybe i catch some of the brilliance that you are.

Victor Oyedele