Contemplation on the Odu Odi Meji

The moment when you
Lose respect for someone you
Cared about is one of the saddest
Whether falling from a pedestal or
Becoming something unrecognizable
There's a hole in your being through which
A cold wind passes
Chilling you
Like walking coatless on an
Overcast winter day
Only by taking shelter and wrapping yourself in the
Warmth of friends and family
Can you once again
See the spring and
Plant the seedling of hope
In the field of your
Soul

Contemplation on the Odu Oturupon Meji ( Ologbon Meji)

There will be moments when you will feel like a stick puppet who measures a foot tall, but whose shadow projected on a wall creates the semblance of a giant. Larger than life, your movements will captivate, even though you wonder how long the illusion can last. Fearing the moment when the light fades and people see the truth, you stop and prepare yourself. I am both shadow and light, what stands before you is both illusion and reality, we are simply, us...  - Marcos Ifalola Sanchez -