Test flight
A life of search
And when the time is right
You perch.
And they mourn your death
And celebrate your life
While you wait for rebirth
When the time is rife
And while waiting
You are reflecting
Contemplating
Connecting, correcting, perfecting.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
ISemi-sweet red wine
In the middle of coming and going
Of not knowing and knowing
Of staying young and growing
Of standing still and flowing
Of absorbing light and glowing
Of reaping and sowing
Of floating and rowing
Of covering and showing
What is mine.
Semi-sweet Red wine.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
I won’t look back
I will not halt
Forward, stay on track
Backward, turn to salt
There is nothing I lack
That I’ll find in the past
There’s no going back.
Forward, fast!
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
Walking
Talking
Holding hands
In my mind
A heart that understands
I seek in you and find.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
Let‘s try this
We won‘t kiss
But our lips
Will form words that touch
More intimately
That our hips
Could ever meet.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
I told you
I would find you
And then I went inside
And there You were
Hidden but bonafide
Inside me everywhere.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
Have you seen
Have you been
Did you mean
You’re my queen
Your wide smile
Goes with me the extra mile
Does it mean
You’re my queen.
The house is clean
The grass is green
I can’t deny or complain
You are my queen.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
More lies are told with silence
than with words.
More truths are stored in silence
than in words.
Yet we keep on talking
And saying all the things we don’t mean
The rest is stored in silence
Unheard and unseen.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
There are too many things In my heart For which I don’t have words - Some are chains, some are wings, Some please, some hurt, Some are shields, some are swords. All are a part of the challenge in me, Hurting me, holding me, healing me. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
Don‘t tell me your religion,
Show me your personality,
Your character, your reason
For being, your inner reality.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
Che Chidi Chukwumerije 