Alle meine Leben
laufen nebeneinander
gleichzeitig
Nicht hintereinander
eingleisig.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
FREEDOM CHANGES
Sometimes you win back your freedom
And it feels so strange
Because nothing, not even freedom,
Is free from change.
A free child, wild and uncouth,
Is not afraid to tell the truth –
A growing, blossoming and free youth
Is not afraid to hear the truth –
A free adult, grown full of ruth,
Is not afraid to protect the truth.
They are all free
All three
But they all see
Differently.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
ZEIT UM
Alle diese Stimmen
lenken mich ab –
Alle diese Schritte
führen ins Grab.
Du drehst Dich um
und Deine Zeit ist um
und Dein Herz ist stumm.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
STRANGE
The distance from coast to coast Hurts the heart the most And the silence from ghost to ghost The heart is a strange host. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
EIN HERZ IST
Ein Herz ist ein Tagebuch
Hält die Vergangenheit fest –
Ein Herz ist ein Vogelnest
Freut sich über hohen Besuch.
Ein Herz ist
Ein Herz ist
Ein Herz ist!
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
CONVERSELY
One person’s content
Is another person’s form,
One person’s excellent
Is another person’s norm,
One person’s present
Is another person’s past,
The message you first sent
Got to the Person you love last.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner River
KRIEGER
Ich denke an mich und erinnere mich an mich und finde mich wieder - Träumer und Krieger. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
PRESCIENCE
Before you hear the train You feel the wind; Before you feel the pain Your inner voice starts to softly sing. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
THE GOD OF THE WILLING
We cannot use God to hide away from the world. Rather we should use God to engage with, decipher and overcome the world. Above all, the world within us. God is not for cowards or weaklings. God is for the brave, the bold, the adventurous, the determined, the open, those who are ready to use the earthlife for that for which it was granted to them: to experience, and to grow through this experiencing.
The form or the content of the experiencing is different for each person. For some it is a quiet thing they need to experience, for others it is a loud thing; for some it is a popular thing they must dare, for others it is an unpopular or even a seemingly inconsequential thing; for some it is a controversial thing, for others it is a safe and boring and therefore annoying and unbearable thing; for some it is personal love, for others it is objective love.
Everybody has those things that will call their heart deeply – and running to God will still not free you from them. There is no escape because it is inside you. God is not there to hide you from yourself or from your challenges. God is there to help you to deal with them. That is why HE granted you this earth life, because HE knows you will need every second of whatever length of time you earned for yourself in this current incarnation.
So, get to work! Go for it. Set off with the business of living by experiencing. God will help you if you are brave and honest.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Undulating Plains
SICH VERGESSEN
Der Tod des Körpers ist nicht der Tod des Geistes - Das eine hat mit dem anderen nichts zu tun. Sich körperlich zu lieben und sich geistig zu lieben haben miteinander oft gar nichts zu tun. Geist, Geist, Geist. Du verbringst Jahrzehnten im Erdenkleid und vergisst, Du bist lediglich verreist, und vergisst Dich im Erdenglück und -leid. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
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