We came into the world
And the world came into us
We left the world
But the world did not leave us
And now we’re stuck here
Reincarnating over and over again
Unfinished with the world
And yet unsatisfied with the world too
Now knowing who we are
Or why we are here
Or where to go when we’re gone.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river