Don’t be ashamed Pour it all out The heart is tamed and freed from doubt by the bravery of honesty. Let those that hurt you continue to mock you It still cannot stop you from healing through honesty and growing through adversity. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
Uncategorized
MAL HELL
Du warst mal hell leuchtend wie ein Stern Was ist passiert? Jetzt bist Du kalt und fern und dunkel und verlogen und verheimlichst gern Deine Gedanken. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
PARTS OF STORIES
The person you think is in your story is also in someone else’s story. Never think a person is exclusively yours, even if they tell you so. It only depends on the form and context, on the depth and scope, and on the intensity and exact nature, of their role in your story and their roles in other people’s stories as well. Just like you are in many people’s stories, so is even the person closest to you maybe even closer still to someone else in that other person’s story. People are interconnected in ways nobody can fathom.
And you can only see your story, but lack complete access into the world of the other person’s story. You only know the character a person plays in your story, but you would be surprised if you ever saw the character that same person plays in another person’s story. Never will you know all the parts of a story, only some – if you are lucky, maybe the relevant ones. Never will you know all the people in a person’s story. And never ever will you know all the stories in which a person features – not even the person closest and dearest to you. Just like only God knows all the stories that you too are a part of.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Undulating Plains
MAY YOU
May you grow Like the flowers you love so much May you sow Seeds of fruits that nourish as such May you glow Under the purity of a true lover’s touch May you know Honesty to which you can safely clutch. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
WIEDER DA
In letzter Zeit höre ich die Stimmen wieder nah und weit die Stimmen und die Lieder der Mitmenschen und der Menschheit denn ich bin wieder da nach Jahrzehnten der Abwesenheit in denen ich nur Dunkelheit sah. Und jetzt höre ich die Stimmen wieder und meine auch - und spüre meine Beine gehen wieder und Lachen in meinem Bauch. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
WOUNDED TERRAIN
I‘m riding on the train And riding through my pain When I’m done if I’m still sane I won’t come this way again. The experience is a strain On my heart and on my brain Riding through wounded terrain Where my trust was slain. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
DISILLUSIONMENT AND DISENCHANTMENT
Sometimes when you’re inner eyes open and you gradually begin to see and recognise a person for who and what they really are, you experience such a shocking, deep and grave Disappointment, that you almost wish you could close your inner eyes again, in order to retain the former beautiful picture of this person that you used to have. But it is all in vain. Your heart can never ever forget again what it has seen and what it now knows and sees. Truth is the most beautiful, but also the ugliest, thing you will ever encounter. But, the good thing is, it will set you free.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Undulating Plains
FAST ZU VIEL
Es ist fast zu viel Es erfüllt meine Brust Mein Herz ist zum bersten voll Lust. Frust. Verlust. - Lust aufs Leben Frust, Herzbeben Verlust vergeben Unbewusst Und dennoch selbstbewusst. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
WITHOUT A TRACE
There was once a person I once knew her for a short while I don’t know what happened to her Or who she became or what lifestyle I have no idea where she is now I never discovered where she went to Or who she mixed herself up with, if any If she still exists, what she’s going through But she made my heart childlike Before she suddenly disappeared Without a trace - I pray to God, Who knows it all, To always be with her wherever she is And give her protection, progress and peace And guide her to a beautiful place Full of flowers, true love, honesty and bliss. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
ZU SCHMERZVOLL
Stimmen im Hintergrund Erinnerungen im Vordergrund - Freunde spielen und lachen und merken dein Schweigen nicht - Du erinnerst Dich an Sachen zu schmerzvoll für jedes Gedicht. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
Che Chidi Chukwumerije 