The world is so wide
It is a mirror that cracked
From side to side
Globalising cracks intact

The Darkness has matured
It has become more conscious
than ever, clear, self-assured –
Discarded, its masks pious.

A good thought
who still has one to spare?
Any Hope? I know not
when or from where.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river