Awaken
a person’s Ability
and you awaken the Person
Make use of
Your Ability and
You become a Personality
Your own Person.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije.
Of Self
INNER SHARING
Every friend
Takes a piece of you
But not all
Will give it back
From friendship to friendship
You lose more of you
And have to reinvent yourself
In the end
This is when
Your friends will tell you
That you have changed
And they don’t know you anymore
Only those
Who gave back what they took
Will understand you now
Because they were the soil
That yielded you.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije.
NAMELESS
I don’t exist
I died when I was a child
My parents killed me
This is a ghost
A flag fluttering in the wind
A nameless mound
A seeking that has grown weary
Of seeking – a being
That has tired of being
But being me
I must be and wait
For my funeral song, composed by me.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije.
SELF-RECONCILIATION
It took a long time
For pain
To come back home
I had forgotten
All about it
I was not prepared
But like a thief
Stealthily it crept up
On me, oh my soul
Like a thief
Yes it stole its way
Back into my soul
I’m strong because I’m weak
I hurt because I seek
I’m not a loner, I’m lost
I did not break – because I believed
I’m broken – because I believed
I’m woken, I’m empty
All that’s left is just me
Asking me to look at me
Take good care of me
Look at me
Get to know me
For the first time in my life.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije.
YOUR ONE TRUE FRIEND IS YOU
A broken heart, how shall it mend?
Who shall this garden tend?
My heart, my heart… break not, nor bend
But remain into every end
My unwavering friend.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije.
SIMPLE IS NO SYNONYM FOR EASY
You become yourself
When you stop caring
What others think
You become strong
When you stop caring
What others think
You become calm
When you stop caring
What others think
You become kind
You become clear
You become, simply, you.
It’s that simple
Brave one,
It’s that simple.
– CHE CHIDI CHUKWUMERIJE.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije 