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
Poetry
NO RELIGION
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
ONCE
Don‘t think twice
It only comes once
Take it the first time
It is your last chance.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
HEAD
Feelings in red
Dealings in bed
Healings instead
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
THE CHANGE
When you extend your hand long enough One day you pull it back. No human heart is strong enough To forever withstand rejection’s attack. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
LYING
When people lie Their energy shouts Why Even as their mouths deny. In every human eye There is a buried cry. To lie is, a little, to die. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
COME INTO THE LIGHT
Come into the light Here where Home is bright Let us exchange insight With the same intensity With which we sometimes fight Let Honesty be our Propensity At the very Height Of our Intimacy It will feel right, it will feel so right Without a shred of complacency. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
WE BELIEVED
When we were being deceived
We believed
And we received what we thought was inspiration
And conceived in what we thought was conviction
A reality based on our tricked imagination
And we achieved the illusion of home.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
ROMANCE
One Chance
One dance
That is romance
One glance
That is romance
Take it or lose it.
One chance to choose it.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
DREAM REALITY
And then I come out of the dream
And I can remember as much of it
As I can convert into reality.
And what I forget is not really forgotten –
It is buried in that deep part of my heart
That cannot find a foothold in the world.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
