If you don’t make each other happy, then what’s the point in being together? To lift each other up when you’re feeling crappy, And be there for one another in every weather. And forgive each other when you make mistakes And learn from your actions, mistakes and reactions And make the effort to grow, no matter what it takes, Learning to understand yourselves and your actions Love is a house and a road, Is a journey and a destination, Is a relief and a load, Is intensity and elation. Love is your heart talking loud and clear, Telling you this is who I want near and dear, Telling you, Have no fear for I have no fear, Anywhere we set off to, together, we will get there. And when you laugh together And when you grow together You will one day thank the Almighty Father For bringing you together. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
DIE WEIBLICHKEIT
Die Musik ist meine Freundin
Die Literatur ist meine Heldin
Die Kunst ist meine Helferin
Die Natur ist meine Lehrerin
Die Weiblichkeit ist meine Führerin
Die Empfindung ist meine Lenkerin
Die Nacht ist meine Gesprächspartnerin.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
RAIN MUST DROP
No raindrop stops in the middle of the sky Once it has left the cloud, it must reach the ground And there it shatters to pieces to quietly lie In the arms of the new old home it has found. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
VERLIEBT SEIN
Kein Sturm Kein Erdbeben Kein Waldbrand Kein Erdrutsch Kein Tsunami Kein Tornado Nichts Hat die Macht Oder die Wucht Eines verliebten Herzens. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
FOCUS ON THE ESSENTIAL
It‘s okay to lose people as long as You don’t lose yourself in the process No matter how tempting. It’s okay to gain people as long as You also gain yourself in the process Inspite of how tempting it is to push aside your spiritual development in order to chase after someone who has gone outside or to adjust to and enjoy someone who has come inside. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
MIT LÄCHELN
Es ist schwer, nicht? Die Welt und ihr Gewicht. Aber Du erfüllst Deine Pflicht mit lächelndem Gesicht. Es ist leicht, nicht? Die Welt und ihr Gewicht. Wenn Dein Lächeln aufbricht mit dem Gewicht von Licht. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
WHY DO WE HURT THE MOST?
Why do we hurt the most The people whom we love the most And who love us the most? Why do we push away the strongest The people who pull us the deepest? Why do we understand the least The people who understand us the most? Why do we lose Those who have found us? Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE
Free yourself of the fear of losing her Free yourself of the thought of having Or not having her That’s not for you to control or decide Only God has that Power The only power you have is the power of love All you can do is to love her Love is life and Love is light If you have love in your heart for her Then just love her And if you have no way of directly giving Or showing that love to her Then just let the love flow through you And flow out of you And flow out into the universe… Your love will find its way to her In the workings of the universe One way or another. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Undulating Plains and Poems from the inner river
EMOTIONEN
Die Wellen Hoch und runter Die dunklen, die hellen Sie alle machen mich bunter. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
THE HURTING LOVE
The Love of God Will hurt you - Make no mistake about that - In order to cure you. Are you ready to grow? To reap what you sow? To be polished until you glow? To go with the flow Wherever God’s wind may blow? Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
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