Verantwortung
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Verantwortung
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Wo liegt der Unterschied?
Erhielt ich, was ich vermied?
Oder vermied ich, was ich erhielt?
Erzielt – gezielt oder geschielt?
Suchen und sehnen –
Finden, Lachen und Tränen.
Aufgaben
Aufgeben
Aufgaben
Aufnehmen
Leben verpflichtet
Und verschlüsselt und dichtet.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije.
Not because of what you did
Or did not do…
Not because of what you said
Or failed to say…
Not because of what you know
Or never came to know…
But because in your eyes I espy
A certain thing
Which I cannot immediately define
But by which I have hope
That you will be the important one in my life…
Patience.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije.
Love is a unique thing
It possesseth that quality
Which for want of comprehension entire
One feels inclined to call magic
It overcomes all obstacles
And, as an obstacle, cannot be overcome
How it does this, no one knows
But the Origin of Love itself
Open yourself to love
That it may full-fill you
The more you love,
The more you live.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije.
Human characters incarnate
And re-incarnate.
Each stay on another Earth is but
A continuation.
It is limited by time and
Saturated by responsibility.
There is a task…
– this is the objective happening,
always to be borne in mind.
The key to fulfilment is Love,
Always to be borne in Heart.
You running and you running and you running away,
Sang Mr. Bob Marley
But you can’t run away from yourself.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije..
Ein gesprochenes Wort
Soll wie eine reife Frucht sein
Die fallen muß –
Ansonsten
Halte es noch eine Weile zurück
Und warte, wie es Bäume tun.
Durch Sturm und Wind
Zu Boden gerissenen, unreifen Früchten
Trauern wir immer nach
Selten
Geben sie auch einen Samen frei
Der keimen wird. Keimen kann.
Schwer wiegen
Leicht wiegen
Gesagt ist gesagt.
Schweigen ertragen
Alles Saat hat seine gute Zeit
Zum Ertragbringen.
Ohne Winter
Kein Frühling, kein Sommer
Ohne harren, kein Herbst.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije.
In seeking Contact with people
Seek that within them
Which is the core of their
Human essence.
There is a moment
Like an electric shock,
When humanity meets humanity
Your cores touch
And so do always your chores –
A kickstart into the Quick
Hearts run like rivers
Seeking the sea. Let it be.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije.
A monster of a man
World on his shoulders
Yet fragile is his heart
Go easy on him
He will lift world records
With muscle-rippling ease
But a heavy heart, a broken heart
Will weigh him down
His ego is no bigger than yours
And when he cuddles his little baby
His arms are just as gentle
Trembling hands, subtle fingers
He was a weightlifter
Now he’s down, leaden of heart –
Who will be the one to
Stroke his head and gently lift him up?
He is light as a feather if you ease his pain
Easy like a Sunday morning
Will melt in your hands like butter
Fly with you to the midnight moon, effortlessly.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije.
We’re walking on air
It’s a carpet of sometimes white
Sometimes grey and fair
Domed by azure blue and bright
Cushion of cloud.
Creation, I’m sure, is proud
Of its laws, perfect and very (extra) ordinary
Treasures for all who seek and invent
Awe-inspiring, comforting, scary
They make us small and silent.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije
I’m not talking
To the part of you you can control
With your thinking
Switch off and on in your soul
Two conversations run parallel
Unaware of one another
Just like politics debates but can’t foretell
Human laws of spirit and nature
Bend my mind and bend me back
When you leave, leave your truth behind
Worlds and worlds and worlds of meaning
That nourish slowly my mind.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije.
Elementary particles
You and I
And our every thought of kindness
Wrapped up in temporary blindness
The thought will go
But the kindness in its heart will remain timeless.
Thousands of years later
Geologists can tell you where
A river once flowed.
Such is the parable of human hearts
And the tracks of our tears
And the marks we leave in each others’ lives.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije 