UNMISSING YOU

I miss you but missing you
hurts less than kissing you
So I miss you for missing you
Is how I get to stop missing you.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije

Poems from the inner river

YOUR FORGIVENESS SMILE

That moment
When the bitterness
Isn’t bitter enough to sour
Your forgiveness smile

And yet sad is the smile.

How friends fall away like unmasked leaves
Unable to bear the weight of trust
In all its lightness
Treachery by politeness.

– CHE CHIDI CHUKWUMERIJE.