When I’m down You give me strength
Atheists say You don’t exist
But You lift me up when I’m depressed
And calm me down and give me rest

How can I express my gratitude?
Nothing I am or give or do
Can come close to repaying You
For being so faithfully kind and merciful

Your Kindness is my sole inspiration
Your goodness os deserving of imitation
Your fidelity to rightness is a lesson
In integrity, severity mixed with compassion

People seek You in prayers and dogmas
In churches, mosques, temples and likewise
I seek You in Kindness and in Goodness
In Bravery, in Purity, in Humility, always.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river