There are evenings
They feel like mornings
A sun, a soft sun, is arising
Inside my mind, a fine realising
Of new awakenings
And new beginnings
And new openings.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
English
WHO?
I saw you
In my memory
And recognised you
Then I saw you
In real life
And you were a stranger.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
BEGINNING IN THE EVENING
It‘s a quiet evening
It’s a silent ending
It’s a thoughtful reckoning
A transforming
It’s a gentle beginning.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
HOMEWORK
We have to become beautiful Inside and outside And stop roaming the earth full Of shame and pride Looking for a Paradise That is ours and ours alone to make - Until we arise At home, our success abroad is fake. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
LET THEM
People that want to come,
Let them come.
People who want to go,
Let them go.
Chase none, but tell some
That they should come;
However if they still want to go,
Don’t beg them, let them go
Back to where they’re coming from.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
FLOW
People will come and go
That’s all you need to know
When the river flows, just flow
Along with joy and sorrow.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
IRREVERSIBLE
What you’ve missed
You’ve missed
It’s not coming back
What you’ve lost
You’ve lost
You’re not getting it back
What you’ve broken
You’ve broken
You cannot make perfect again
Even with the best glue
And what you’ve touched
You’ve touched
You cannot erase your mark
And it will never forget you.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
THE NIGHT
Laughter in the night –
Is the night laughing?
Or is laughter growing deeper?
The night is the lover’s light
Depending on what you’re having
Be you a peeper
Or be you a weeper
Or be you a keeper.
The day is for the sower
The night is for the reaper.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
BEAUTIFUL WOMEN
Beautiful women
Come from the land of within
And lead you back up
Into the land of within
And when they beautify
The world within you
You feel you’re In Paradise
In your world
And when they beautify you
In your inner world
You feel beautiful
And you become beautiful
In every other world.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
I WANT TO GROW
I want to grow
I want to know
What’s outside the window
Of my sorrow
I want to go
Where pain cannot follow
Too deep to flow
Too far for tomorrow
The incredible today Show
Thousandfold ecstasy and woe
Changes me into what I need to know
Ahead of tomorrow.
Many more miles to go
The first step is to sow
Hope, sow Joy, sow kindness despite sorrow
Growth is a stream, gently row.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
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