It‘s quiet inside Grown silent in a heart Of memories rich in restraint A talking drum a world apart It takes a village to raise a child It takes a community to heal an inner child And silence in a quiet place in your heart. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
Poetry
DIFFERENT KINDS
There are different kinds of friends
They connect in different ways
There are different kinds of bends
They connect with different ways
There are different kinds of trends
They connect into different ways
There are different kinds of ends
They disconnect and you go different ways
And then they connect you to different ways.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
DIFFERENTLY YOU
If you are different
No matter how diffident
You try to be
They will still see
That you are different.
So, do you
And be true
All the way through
Their mean or funny looks –
A dose of courage is all it takes.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
ME
I will try
to be me
And trying
to be me
Is a part
of being me.
And in trying
to be me
I have already
become me.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
EXPECTATIONS
It’s not always bad
For people to think bad
About you
The worst thing that can happen to you
Is not for people to expect the worst from you
But for them to expect the best from you
When you are incapable of delivering that.
So, let them think bad of you
And expect nothing good from you
So you can be the best you can be
Undisturbed and pressure-free
And surprise the world maybe.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
GARDENERS
We Are all gardeners
And every thought is a seed
Sown into the garden of fate,
So is each word, intuition and deed.
And when they come to fruition
In one earth life or the other,
Or as one earth life or the other,
It causes confusion.
But I am a gardener
You are a gardener
What you sow is what you reap
Like Jesus said
Whether it makes you laugh or weep
Alive or dead.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
LIFE, DEATH, REINCARNATION
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
IN THE MIDDLE
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
NO GOING BACK
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
HOLDING HANDS
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
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