This is a war that has been waiting to happen They don’t love each other and never did They are not forgiving each other deeds overlapping Generations whose hatred they never hid They send missiles to greet each other The way you and I send words to one another When we’re angry and pain does not bother To differentiate between strangers and brothers It is the age of damage The stage of rage and carnage Angry birds in an iron cage Trapped in rampage. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
English
PIECE OF YOUR HEART
PIECE OF YOUR HEART.
Chorus
Just a give me a piece of your heart and I will bite – 2x
Verse 1:
I love it when you run your fingers through my hair
I love it when you plant your kisses everywhere
I love it when you laugh at the silly things I do
I love it when you tell me how you love me too
Rpt CHORUS
Bridge 1:
There’s something about how you watch me – yeah yeah
There’s something about how you touch me – yeah yeah
There’s something about how you’re walking – yeah yeah
There’s something about how you’re talking – yeah yeah
Hauu.. hauu.. Hauu.. huhuhu..
Verse 2:
Your heart is sunshine when I’m feeling black and blue
Your smile is music when I don’t know what to do
Your kiss is magic when I need some company
Your eyes are full of what your heart is wishing me
Rpt CHORUS
Bridge 2:
A gentle piece, full of love like the gentle seas
Cool me down like a gentle breeze
I feel at home and at ease, so please
Take me in and never let me out
Teach me what love is all about
If I am down, share this ground with me
When the sun comes up then rise with me
And then
Hold me hold me, hold me hold me, hold me hold me, never never leave me – 3x
‘Cause I just need your company
Epilogue:
Piece of your heart… and I will bite… (rptdly)
PIECE OF YOUR HEART
Lyrics & Music (c) Che Chidi Chukwumerije.
AVERSION
It’s always amusing to me When in the midst of a White Sea I see one Black face And when he or she sees me They seem to panic visibly And avert their face Avoiding eye contact completely And seem to be begging me Not to look at their face Immersed in their White company Proving hard to them their loyalty. To save their face After looking at them thoughtfully For a while, I walk past them gently With a calm face Because we don’t altercate publicly We will do that when next we see Face to face. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
YOUR COLOURED SHELL
You‘ll be there sitting by yourself
And the world will come and meet you;
Your race will jump out like a shell
Between you and all that greet you;
Protecting you from some,
Separating you from some,
Making you invisible to many;
Making you scary to some,
Making you hated by some;
Making you a clichéd image to many;
Connecting you to others,
Uniting you with others,
Making you visible to this many.
And there’s nothing you can do about it
As if it were exactly how nature intended it.
You‘ll be there sitting by yourself
And the world will come and meet you.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
YOUR STRENGTH
When they hit The reason why it doesn’t hurt is not because it’s soft but because you’re tough to the core. Laugh the loudest When they hit you the hardest Stand the proudest When you face their mockery test Your strength won’t bring you victory Your strength IS your victory. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
LAST LAST
Don’t try to make it straight and neat
Just simply try to make it complete
Do it all, everything, big and small,
Pride, they say, goes before a fall
So don’t freeze because you’re imperfect
For that’s just pride – so, check it.
Speak your mind even if with a shaky voice
If you can’t be quiet, make noise
If you don’t know who your true love is
Love them all who pull your heart’s strings
Change your path if need be
As often as you need in order to see
Follow your heart’s desires fully and truly
Even if you don’t know how to do it
Last last just do it anyhow any which way
Nwanne, live your life like say na play
Because, my G, nothing serious for dis world
Apart from di peace of your soul.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
DON’T WAIT FOR PERFECTION
Don’t wait for perfection Before you set off Imperfection is what you need To make you tough! The world is wild and windy The way is very rough For the one who seeks fulfilment This is enough. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
THE STRANGE CHANGE
When the person you knew disappears and is no more than memories and pictures and daily through the door a stranger now in and out walks while in the old voice of before this stranger also with you talks welcome to disorientation shore. People really change, it is no myth - Experience totally today the person you’re now with - No human truly stays a monolith. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
TRUTH IS FOR THE BLIND
Only the blind can speak the truth Caring not where it lands Seeing not where it opens wounds Even in one’s Beloved’s own hands Only the blind can follow the truth Minding not where it leads Seeing not that an abyss sometimes looms For people, like themself, of honest deeds Only the blind can bear the truth Unbothered by its origin Seeing not the size of the mountain it moves Or the people and things it’s crushing Only the blind can see the truth No matter how bright and blinding its light For the truth-loving heart is forever full Of bold and unfailing insight. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
PERFECTION IS FOR THE COWARDLY
Perfection is for the cowardly Perfection is for the vain Perfection is for the insecure Afraid of the rugged terrain Perfection is for the talentless Unable to handle the unknown Perfection is for the clueless For the lazy follower, the drone Give me imperfection at dawn The origin of the day and the way Give me imperfection at dusk The source of tomorrow’s dream. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
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