There is something about change Once it starts, it is irreversible The inexorable march is strange Like a Divine verdict incontestable You see it happening yet you cannot stop it When you try to stop it you only develop it Even faster and make yourself expendable. There is something about change It is is surreal. Unreal. It is strange. Change changes the parameters of change And never changes in the same way. Change changes change But never changes it in the same way. And never stops changing. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
TIME DOES NOT CHANGE THINGS
Time doesn’t change things, they stay as they are. Events change things. Experiences change things. Things change things. Not time. Time only changes the outer appearance of the form of things.
Sometimes a thing that seems like it will last forever only lasts a short time and then changes, because the thing or event that will change it met it early.
While sometimes an other thing that seems flimsy and ephemeral stays unchanged for eternities, because the thing or experience that will change it has not yet met it.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
OHNE DRUCK KEIN GLÜCK
Du schiebst mich Ich schiebe zurück Wir tanzen das Spiel Von Druck und Glück Es ist Sehnsucht Es sind Triebe Es ist Achtung Es ist Liebe Es ist Kommunikation In Liebe alles geben Und wenn es entgegnet wird In Liebe nachgeben. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
WAY BACK HOME
Don‘t mourn me when I die Wave me goodbye I will be going home If I miss my way home Then I will come Back again to retry. So don’t mourn me when I die I did not come to stay I came here to find my way Back Home. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
MACHEN
Wir schaffen schaffen lieben lieben vergeben vergeben verschieben verschieben Und hören niemals auf Bis wir ankommen Und hören niemals auf Bis wir ankommen. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
BEYOND PAIN
Pain they say is your friend But it is also your enemy. Be careful when it starts to bend, It can break you completely. Take small breaks from your pain Every once in a little while. Laugh at yourself or with a friend - If you can’t laugh, smile. Tell pain enough is enough When you’ve learned your lesson. After washing, turn the shower off And you can now start dressing Up, stepping out and showing up, Changing your narrative. Not pain but joy is the overflowing cup That we drink to eternally live. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
DIE GEDANKEN BLEIBEN
Der Zug füllt sich
in kräftigen Stoßen
von Station zu Station
Füllt sich mit Menschen
füllt sich mit Gedanken
Jeder mit einer Mission
Der Zug leert sich
mit hastigen Schritten
ungeduldig monoton
Die Menschen gehen
Die Gedanken bleiben
Vorlagen zur Fiktion.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
LAUGHTER IS NOT MIRTH
Laughter is not mirth
Fame is not worth
Friendliness is not friendship
Fronting is not leadership
Distance is often the closest vicinity
From which to clearly see
The true nature of a person’s humanity.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
DU BIST NICHT VON HIER
Egal wie oft Du kommst, gehen wirst Du wieder - Der Geist kommt von Oben und steigt hernieder Du bist nicht von hier. Nichts, was die Erde an Freude oder Schmerz an Lob oder an Beschwerde kann Dich befriedigen. Sie werden Dich kurz fassen dann Deinen Körper beerdigen und Deinen Geist entlassen. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
CACOPHONY OF ABSENCE
There is a cacophony of crowd That is calming to the soul Happy humanity buoyantly loud Making its empty parts whole When lungs are full of hearts And hearts are crowded with mirth And mirth is the song that charts The path that longed for our birth But even in the loudest throng I hear your silence echoing A dull throbbing of something wrong The wind of strange bellowing And where the multitudes gather There I see your absence clearly In the throes of the happiest banter I quietly miss you dearly. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
Che Chidi Chukwumerije 