I AM

I am the omega

that means I am the peak, the ultimate

but I am also the alpha

that means before there’s anything

when you were nothing

I am

I am the alagbada ina

That means the sun is my blazer

but darkness is also my underwear

so you are still part of my wardrobe

even when you are dirty

sometimes I have to take you off

and wash you with my son’s blood

my laundromat is open 24 hours a day… for you

it’s called Mercy Cleans

I am ebube d’ike

That’s a direct reference to my omnipotence

so I have the power to carry the entire world

I do that already

but it also means that despite

the flaws, the frailties, the sinfulness,

despite your hate for me,

I’d break the gates of brass and

cut the bars of iron asunder

so you can taste the power in the life I offer

ebube d’ike

I am Eternity,

Yeah, I am that immortality

the world is searching for

time finds its measurement in me

but if you consider this possibility critically

it means I can rewrite your history

and make you a character in His story

my son’s story

because I am author, publisher, printer, promoter

and distributor of a book called Everlasting

You can’t travel back in time

But I constructed that road

so, I can journey back to your past

and civilly engineer it to be

the future roads

science fictions aspire to be

This is truth not fact

I know you see the Lion and see my might

but have you ever considered the ant

and thought about the level of complex detail

I had to put in to create that simplicity?

I am not just for the mighty

I am also for the “would-bes” and “might-bes”

So I see you in the ring when you fight sin

I’m counting the punches you’ve taken in

the score board says you are losing

but I am your trainer and I am the referee

so even when you are down

I consciously count slowly

Until you remember

2 Corinthians 4 verse 9

Cast down but not destroyed

Yeah, I am judge, jury

and I pronounce your sentence

but I am also your defence attorney

Do you really think you can lose this?

my track record says I’ve got this

this is not the first race I’ve won

you won’t be my last son

there’s another Paul

coming after the last one

it could be you

but first you have to be blind to see

blind to the world to see me

I am