fall apart 1

Title: Fall Apart 1

Artist: Omoyeni Arogunmati 

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Style: Contemporary

Size: 70 x 52 cm

Weight: 1.2kg

Delivered unframed on stretched canvas.

I have been  burnt, bruised, abused. I have been told I'm worthless and weak, and have felt hands on my face that were far less than gentle. l share this with you for two reasons: First, as an advance apology if l am unintentionally clumsy with your love. I have been shot with bullets of hate and contempt while being told "this is love", so if l still flinch when you reach to graze the hair out of my face- it's not you, it's the gunshot residue. Second, l know you've been hurt before too. I pray not in the way or amount that I've been. I will be grateful for the ways you learnt NOT to love, and be loved. The same way, l hope that you can appreciate the men in my past for allowing me to appreciate you to the fullest. Everything they weren't, everything l deserve. But above all, l hope you do with our past the best thing anyone can do with it - keep it there.