Before you hear the train You feel the wind; Before you feel the pain Your inner voice starts to softly sing. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
2026
THE GOD OF THE WILLING
We cannot use God to hide away from the world. Rather we should use God to engage with, decipher and overcome the world. Above all, the world within us. God is not for cowards or weaklings. God is for the brave, the bold, the adventurous, the determined, the open, those who are ready to use the earthlife for that for which it was granted to them: to experience, and to grow through this experiencing.
The form or the content of the experiencing is different for each person. For some it is a quiet thing they need to experience, for others it is a loud thing; for some it is a popular thing they must dare, for others it is an unpopular or even a seemingly inconsequential thing; for some it is a controversial thing, for others it is a safe and boring and therefore annoying and unbearable thing; for some it is personal love, for others it is objective love.
Everybody has those things that will call their heart deeply – and running to God will still not free you from them. There is no escape because it is inside you. God is not there to hide you from yourself or from your challenges. God is there to help you to deal with them. That is why HE granted you this earth life, because HE knows you will need every second of whatever length of time you earned for yourself in this current incarnation.
So, get to work! Go for it. Set off with the business of living by experiencing. God will help you if you are brave and honest.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Undulating Plains
SICH VERGESSEN
Der Tod des Körpers ist nicht der Tod des Geistes - Das eine hat mit dem anderen nichts zu tun. Sich körperlich zu lieben und sich geistig zu lieben haben miteinander oft gar nichts zu tun. Geist, Geist, Geist. Du verbringst Jahrzehnten im Erdenkleid und vergisst, Du bist lediglich verreist, und vergisst Dich im Erdenglück und -leid. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
KINDNESS IS HARD TOO
Kindness starts by Looking people in the eye And welcoming them whole Into your soul. Those who belong Will come into your gaze, Those whose hearts are wrong Will look sideways. I’m not just talking about The outer look - For the story inside will come out Of the soul’s book When honesty, sincerity and kindness Break through dishonest blindness. A kind gaze can be revealing too When the other person’s heart is not true. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
VERSCHIEDENES KÖNNEN UND SEHEN
Jemand, der zu dem nicht fähig ist, was Du kannst, was für Dich normal ist, der wird Dich nie begreifen, der wird nie den Herd Deiner Handlungen verstehen noch den Umfang Deiner Seele Harmonie, noch den Ufer den Du ansteuerst sehen. Das was für Dich deutlich sichtbar ist. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
OVERCOMING
Not everyone who tries to kill you will succeed; Your heart might bleed and bleed and bleed and bleed But in the end you will find out you have simply been freed. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
MIT
Deine Mitarbeiter Deine Mitstreiter Deine Mitmacher Deine Mitmenschen. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
TIMES
There is a time to come
And a time to go
There is a time to stay
And a time to flow
There is a time to help
And a time to ignore
There is a time to open
And a time to close and lock the door.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
ALLES IST ECHT
Alles Vergängliche ist nicht nur ein Gleichnis sondern auch ein echtes Erlebnis. Der Schmerz tut zuerst weh und macht dann hinterher tiefer und weiser Die für ewig gehaltene Liebe durchblickt man erst später, als Greiser Das Unzulängliche wird lange noch nicht zum Ereignis bis Eingang der Lehre ins Seelenverzeichnis. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
THE MATTER
Do you see me, I don’t see me. Do you see you, I don’t see you. Do you see us, I don’t see us. Do you see them, I don’t see them. But do you see it, I see it. It is all I see. The objective, the goal The constructive’s soul. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
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