In the morning when the sun arises A light shall also dawn within you, A clarity that intrinsically recognises What on Earth you are supposed to do - To awaken to service to the good, For kindness, honesty, courage and humility Are life’s deeper nourishment and food And the template of humanity. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
ZWEI GESPRÄCHE
Zwei Gespräche laufen nebeneinander auf dem Weg zu Dir Das eine spricht über Dich Das andere ignoriert Dich Beide reden mit mir Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
YOU KNOW
Go at your own pace Let no one hurry you Your life has deeper value Than just to be in a race. Frame your own narrative Own your own story Share your own memory Everybody’s is selective. Only you know Deep within your soul Your heart’s true goal You alone know. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
GEGENSEITIG GEBEN
Wir sind alle Menschen - Sind wir das? Wo bleibt das Menschliche? Es ist krass. Gib mir Dich Ich geb Dir mich Voll umfänglich Tief und menschlich. Das Wesentliche Das Eigentliche Das Kindliche Das Menschliche. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
FEEL IT FULLY
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
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