The joy of the brand new day The happiness that wants to play The laughter in your heart Even when outside the sky is grey Don’t let anything take your joy away Fight for your right to be happy everyday Fight for the light in your heart Happiness is the Paradise of Today Night and day, November or May, Laughter is the currency in which you pay For the gift of life in your heart. My morning thoughts on a happy Sunday. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
English
HURT
Love hurts. Life hurts. People hurt. People hurt people. And hurt people hurt people. And when it hurts too much People begin to avoid the touch The inner touch Sometimes they permit the outer touch But only perfunctorily as such Because even it hurts too much. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
TRUST, BROKEN
Trust, broken.
Thoughts, woken.
Hurt, spoken.
Touch, token.
Unpreparable.
It comes from the one you don’t expect.
Unrepairable.
You’ll never again be able to not suspect.
Healing is an intellectual token
Once the trust has been broken.
Only the spirit can find a new rhyme
In its own way, in its own time.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
COMPLICATED
They will hurt you It’s what they do When they feel attracted to you. Do they love you? It’s hard to say. Do they hate you? It’s hard to say. What they feel is hard to explain But it will cause you pain. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
YOUR LADDER OF POEMS
A poem at a time Gradually I climb Out of my well of wishes Out of my well of clichés Out of my well of unbeing Into my wellbeing. Don’t let the machine write your mind Think for yourself or you’ll grow blind What you seek is what you’ll find - Moving on, don’t leave your true self behind. AI might be the future’s tool - But stay human and don’t be its fool. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
JUMP!
JUMP!
From my 2016 album „First Nature“.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Can A Person Have Two Hearts? (TALK WITH CHE: Arno Börtzler)
Two hearts in one chest. What did Goethe really mean? One of the topics Arno Börtzler spoke with me about in this episode of “Talk With Che”. Watch the full length video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hs_HIpnfrg4?si=_dQtOZAgXvOP8KLw
Guest: Arno Börtzler
Host: Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Videography: Martins Idahosa (dcv_studios)
#goethe #faust #börtzler #drjekyllandmrhyde #doublepersonality #twonations #arnobörtzler #talkwithche #johannwolfgangvongoethe #talkshow #frankfurt #zweiherzenineinemkörper
Can Modern Cities Be Made To Feel Like Villages? (TALK WITH CHE: Arno Börtzler)
Can modern societies still have the communal feeling of villages?
Watch my full interview with Arno Börtzler in „Talk With Che“ in YouTube: https://youtu.be/hs_HIpnfrg4?si=V4sWv46iATCZPxck
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER
For whom shall I write now? For whom shall I fight now? Who shall shine the light now That illuminates my heart? Lovers don’t turn into friends, They turn into strangers. Life the gardener tends Both safeties and dangers. But when November ends, December births mangers And shines new light to my heart. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
LITTLE STEPS
Healing takes place in small steps;
Pause and breathe a little, it helps.
Be thankful for the experience to grow,
There is still so much you don’t yet know.
Wise words don’t stop the pain, I know;
Hang in there, son, just go with the flow.
Things that don’t want to stay, let them go –
Accept that the absence of yes truly is no.
And look how far you’ve come,
See how different and clear you’ve become.
The thing that kills one part of you,
Awakens and strengthens the new you too.
But when you eventually get up and go,
Don’t look back, son, shut that window.
Little drops a mighty ocean do make;
Little steps you a long way shall take.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
Che Chidi Chukwumerije 