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

DAS 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

KINDNESS IS HARD TOO

Kindness starts by
Looking people in the eye
And welcoming them whole
Into your soul.

Those who belong
Will come into your gaze,
Those whose hearts are wrong
Will look sideways.

I’m not just talking about
The outer look -
For the story inside will come out
Of the soul’s book
When honesty, sincerity and kindness
Break through dishonest blindness.

A kind gaze can be revealing too
When the other person’s heart is not true.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river

VERSCHIEDENES KÖNNEN UND SEHEN

Jemand, der zu dem nicht fähig ist,
was Du kannst, was für Dich normal ist,
der wird Dich nie begreifen, der wird nie
den Herd Deiner Handlungen verstehen
noch den Umfang Deiner Seele Harmonie,
noch den Ufer den Du ansteuerst sehen.
Das was für Dich deutlich sichtbar ist.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung

OVERCOMING

Not everyone who tries to kill you will succeed;

Your heart might bleed and bleed and bleed and bleed

But in the end you will find out you have simply been freed.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river

MIT

Deine Mitarbeiter
Deine Mitstreiter
Deine Mitmacher
Deine Mitmenschen.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung