Feel it fully Intensely not dully Pain beyond measure Is one of the earth’s treasures It grows your heart Makes it strong, soft and alert All in one. Your true heart Your spirit, your innermost part That lives on and on and on And on and on and on… Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
WEIT WEG
Weit weit weg von hier
wohnt ein Ort tief in mir –
wie ein Spiegelbild von Licht
und Liebe seh ich ein Gesicht
aus ferner Vergangenheit,
und eine Empfindung von Geborgenheit
erfüllt mich trotz Deiner Abwesenheit.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
IN A DAY
So many things happen in a day So many people cross your way Some for work, some for play Each of them has something to say With or without words they pay You back for something from yesterday. Some will move on, some will stay - Examine them with your intuition’s light ray Let your yea be yea and your nay be nay And never forget, with your heart, to pray. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
LOVERS AND OR FRIENDS
My friends are more important to me than my lovers. Lovers betray you, at some level, but friends stay loyal. True friends. The best lovers are also friends. The best friends don’t have to be lovers, don’t need to be lovers, to mean the world to you. Friendship beats everything else. There are some people you can be lovers with, but not friends. The moment the love affair ends, the friendship collapses, because it was inwardly empty. It was only sex, carnal comfort and perhaps some degree of emotional connection, but without reciprocal Depth. No sex is worth the best friendship. Nothing beats a person you share your truth with and the truth is safe with them, and they share their truth with you and it is safe with you. Share is the operational word. Safe is the magic word. It is safeness and trust. Respect, honesty and genuineness.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Undulating Plains
NICHT VERÄNDERBAR
Die Erde dreht sich Der Mensch ändert sich Das ist das einzige, Was unverändert bleibt. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
BAY OF HEART
There is always something to say And no one to say it to The heart is a deep wide bay Where stories and strangers sail into To quietly offload, sit and recuperate Locked in the soliloquy of the seeker The pain-cooked rebirth to elevate Phoenix back to Light in a world grown bleaker. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner rivero
UNSAGBAR
Vieles behalte ich für mich Denn für vieles gibt es keine Worte Worte haben die Eigenart, Die Wahrheit zu verfehlen, die zarte. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
HEALED BROKEN
It’s not as easy as you think
Some bones heal in their broken position
Yes, they don’t hurt anymore
But they will never again make the same old motion
And you will never again feel the former emotion.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
JUST THE TWO OF US
If it’s just the two of us, let it be just the two of us. Don’t believe what anyone from outside tells you.
If I open myself to you then, believe me, nobody knows me better than you do.
Trust your heart and trust me. The exclusive magic at the core of our love will see us through.
But if you fail to bring up the courage to believe, or if you yield to outside influence, you damage our super glue.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Undulating Plains
ALLES TRIFFT ZU
Alles trifft mich Nichts erreicht mich Manches berührt mich Vieles verpasst mich Wenig fasziniert mich Aber alles erfasst mich Und alles erfasse ich. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
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