When you extend your hand long enough One day you pull it back. No human heart is strong enough To forever withstand rejection’s attack. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
English
LYING
When people lie Their energy shouts Why Even as their mouths deny. In every human eye There is a buried cry. To lie is, a little, to die. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
COME INTO THE LIGHT
Come into the light Here where Home is bright Let us exchange insight With the same intensity With which we sometimes fight Let Honesty be our Propensity At the very Height Of our Intimacy It will feel right, it will feel so right Without a shred of complacency. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
WE BELIEVED
When we were being deceived
We believed
And we received what we thought was inspiration
And conceived in what we thought was conviction
A reality based on our tricked imagination
And we achieved the illusion of home.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
ROMANCE
One Chance
One dance
That is romance
One glance
That is romance
Take it or lose it.
One chance to choose it.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
DREAM REALITY
And then I come out of the dream
And I can remember as much of it
As I can convert into reality.
And what I forget is not really forgotten –
It is buried in that deep part of my heart
That cannot find a foothold in the world.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
TAKE IT
We’ll take it from there
Lost and found
Fallen and crowned
Silence and sound
Square and round
Let’s take it from here
And wherever our paths lead
We’ll laugh and we’ll bleed
And victoriously get there.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
THE OPPOSITE
When they pull the ground out From under your feet, Grow wings and learn to fly. When they hurt you, They make you stronger, Growing younger and younger Everyday until you die. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
PRIZE
People who try to bring you down Will see you rise - Their thorns will turn into your crown, That’s your prize. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
LOSING
What is the sense
What is the essence
Of winning the world
And losing your soul
To the world you won
To which you don’t belong?
Trying to feel among –
Sadness in the heart of fun.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
Che Chidi Chukwumerije 