VALUE

Don’t stay with people
Who don’t value you
Don‘t play with people
Who show you that they value you
More than you thought you deserve
To be valued.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river

EIN WORT

Ein
Wort
nach
dem
Anderen

Ein
Missverständnis
nach
dem
Anderen

Ein
Schweigen
nach
dem
Anderen.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung

DIE RICHTIGEN WORTE

Ich ringe nach den richtigen Worten
um das Ringen nach den richtigen Worten
mit Worten richtig zu erfassen
aber ich kann‘s nicht fassen.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung

RELATIONSHIP PURPOSE

If you don’t make each other happy,
then what’s the point in being together?
To lift each other up when you’re feeling crappy,
And be there for one another in every weather.

And forgive each other when you make mistakes
And learn from your actions, mistakes and reactions
And make the effort to grow, no matter what it takes,
Learning to understand yourselves and your actions

Love is a house and a road,
Is a journey and a destination,
Is a relief and a load,
Is intensity and elation.
Love is your heart talking loud and clear,
Telling you this is who I want near and dear,
Telling you, Have no fear for I have no fear,
Anywhere we set off to, together, we will get there.

And when you laugh together
And when you grow together
You will one day thank the Almighty Father
For bringing you together.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river

RAIN MUST DROP

No raindrop stops in the middle of the sky
Once it has left the cloud, it must reach the ground
And there it shatters to pieces to quietly lie
In the arms of the new old home it has found.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river

VERLIEBT SEIN

Kein Sturm
Kein Erdbeben
Kein Waldbrand
Kein Erdrutsch
Kein Tsunami
Kein Tornado
Nichts
Hat die Macht
Oder die Wucht
Eines verliebten Herzens.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung

FOCUS ON THE ESSENTIAL

It‘s okay to lose people as long as
You don’t lose yourself in the process
No matter how tempting.

It’s okay to gain people as long as
You also gain yourself in the process
Inspite of how tempting
it is
to push aside your spiritual development
in order to chase after someone
who has gone outside
or to adjust to and enjoy someone
who has come inside.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river

MIT LÄCHELN

Es ist schwer, nicht?
Die Welt und ihr Gewicht.
Aber Du erfüllst Deine Pflicht
mit lächelndem Gesicht.

Es ist leicht, nicht?
Die Welt und ihr Gewicht.
Wenn Dein Lächeln aufbricht
mit dem Gewicht von Licht.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung

WHY DO WE HURT THE MOST?

Why do we hurt the most
The people whom we love the most
And who love us the most?
Why do we push away the strongest
The people who pull us the deepest?
Why do we understand the least
The people who understand us the most?
Why do we lose
Those who have found us?

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river

THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE

Free yourself of the fear of losing her
Free yourself of the thought of having
Or not having her
That’s not for you to control or decide
Only God has that Power
The only power you have is the power of love
All you can do is to love her
Love is life and Love is light
If you have love in your heart for her
Then just love her
And if you have no way of directly giving
Or showing that love to her
Then just let the love flow through you
And flow out of you
And flow out into the universe…

Your love will find its way to her
In the workings of the universe
One way or another.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Undulating Plains and
Poems from the inner river