Music made me sad Sadness made me glad Gladness made me bad Badness made me mad Madness made me make music Music made me sad Sadness made me glad Gladness made me bad Badness made me mad Madness made me make music Music… Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
English
BRAVE THE LINE
Brave spirit, brave the line Between present and future, You’ll be just fine - Braving the new is human nature. Imagine a world turned around Where the servant becomes the master And those who were bound Now run ahead, moving ever faster. A time where crime is shamed And virtue claims the highest rewards And you won’t be blamed For honest mistakes moving forward. This future is yours to imagine Yours to embody, yours to achieve And it starts crystallizing Today with the way you live. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
EVOLVING
Always absorb the pain And move on but resolve To one day love again - That’s how hearts evolve. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
THE THINGS YOU SAID
You cannot grow back a flower that’s dead You cannot stick back leaves already shed My mind has heard, my heart has bled You cannot take back the things you said. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
WHEN IT’S RIGHT
When the place is right
The time will be right
When the time is right
Anywhere is alright
Everywhere will be right
Whether day or night
Heaviness will be light
Darkness will be bright
When the time is right.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
HALF GEM
To be half in Is the worst thing A Person can be in your life Because to be half in Means to be half out An embodiment of doubt And a source of doubt therefore A distraction, and what is more: A source of inner strife To be half in is worse Than to be completely outside It depletes your life force And the peace you need inside. It does not respect, it does not value It does not grasp, need you or know you Enough to come fully through your gates So, remove all half-committed distractions They are emotional drags and weights They are psychological restrictions Though it hurts to lose them, each half gem, It hurts even more and harms you to keep them. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
SURREPTITIOUSLY
Things change so suddenly,
Or so slowly, it’s hard to tell the difference.
In quiet times, surreptitiously,
Change things which survived turbulence.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
NO JUST SAY YES
Sun lit skin soft wear soul
Hard horn hole hard we’re whole
Black smith white wash charmed coal
Wish pond flesh wound fist bowl
Come fourth com fort cum froth
Lie in truth win lap broth
Just say no just say yes
Dress wound stress out wound dress
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
NO THANKS
Some take and never say Thank you
They deplete you and then blank you
You enrich them and they spank you
With ingratitude they seek to outflank you
Outrank you, shank you and tank you.
And you ask yourself thoughtfully
Why did I lower myself so lovingly?
Givers give so willingly
And learn so reluctantly
To stop giving everything so freely.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
FRIENDS CONNECTION
Friends connection
Friends collection
Friends correction
Friends conviction
Friends conversion
Friends conversation
Friends collaboration
Friends confrontation
Friends corroboration
Friends. The constitution
Of Union.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
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