BE WHO YOU ARE

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It does not matter who your father is,
Or was. It only matters who you are;
Throw off the reputational burden of his
Life, whether a nobody, a crook or a star.

It does not matter who your mother is,
Was, or will be. You have your own destiny.
Be firm in rejecting her spirit’s liabilities,
Nor bask in her glory. Write your own story.

Never ever allow family to be your bondage.
If wealth is not health, detach and go higher.
The chains of name, blood, and heritage
Are human assumptions, not God’s desire.

God wants each unique creature to be true,
So experience and enrich the world as You.
Free your children too from the Obligation to
Follow, serve, help, complete or redeem you.

If your story happens to be your family’s too,
Then so be it, that’s who you genuinely are.
But if your story is totally different and new,
Don’t feel guilty; accept and be who you are.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river

NWANNE M BIA

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„Nwanne m bia“ from my 2007 album „Class Act: The Nature Within“.
https://spotify.link/cViCCosMTXb
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije (CH3)

WEITERLEBEN

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Anstatt zu sterben, wie erwartet,
lebte ich weiter…
Ein Vogel ziehend im Sonnenuntergang
Eine Glocke mit noch einem Nachklang
Ein einsamer Kletterer am Berghang
Ein Schwan ohne Sterbegesang
Anstatt zu sterben wie erwartet,
lebte ich weiter…

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung

LOVE IS REAL

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Love is real
And rare
And it’s a big deal
In here
Where we feel
And care
And hurt and heal
And share.

To steal the heart
Is to seal the heart
And throw the key away
Forever minus a day.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river

HEIMFLÜGE

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Und wenn ich weg fliege,
schmiege ich mich um so intensiver
an Dich, meine Liebe. Ich kriege
mit, wie immer sensibler und sensitiver
Dein Verlangen nach mir wächst
Flügeln wächst und mir nach fliegt
dorthin, wo ich nicht bin – es ist verhext –
denn Dein Herz ist wo mein Herz liegt.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung

WORK CYCLE

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Value from work
Dignity from value
Peace of mind from dignity
Peace in the world from peace of mind
Cooperation from peace in the world
Ideas from cooperation
Work from ideas
Value from work.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river

KURZ VOR MITTERNACHT

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Kurz vor Mitternacht
schweige ich mit der Nacht
und höre, wie sie leise lacht …

Sie atmet ein, sie atmet aus,
umarmt und durchdringt das Haus
mit Wesen und Empfindsamkeit
und süßer tiefer Einsamkeit.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung

LOVE HURTS

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If love hasn’t driven you mad
Then you’ve never felt love before
If love hasn’t made you unbearably sad
Then love has not yet pierced your core
If love hasn’t tested the line you had
Between the good and the bad
and fundamentally changed you forevermore,
Then yours isn’t love, just a lore.

And the most astounding part
Is the dull ache somewhere in your heart
and the cold ashes that remain
when you walk down memory lane.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river

GUTEN ABEND GUTE NACHT

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Guten Abend gute Nacht,
gut aussehend, voll und sacht,
Kopf bis Fuß in Wolkentracht,
hast Liebe gemacht
und lieblich gelacht
und die ganze Nacht
bei uns verbracht.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung

THE LOVE MIRROR

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Mirror mirror on the wall -
Who‘s the fairest of them all?

Mirror mirror, as they fall -
Who’s the dearest of them all?

Mirror mirror, hear them call -
Who’s the nearest of them all?

Mirror mirror, it is dull -
Who’s the clearest of them all?

The eyes are the window of the soul
And the mirror of the world within -
Mirror my soul, picture me whole,
Let me come in and let love begin.

Mirror mirror on the wall,
Who’s the surest of them all?

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river