At the end I‘ll be happy with myself For healing myself by denying myself. This is the mystery of the Self That liberates itself by controlling itself And binds itself by indulging itself, Because whatever becomes of yourself You did it to yourself. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
MOMENTE NEUER ERKENNTNISSE
Der Moment, in dem ein Gedanke, der über Dir jahre- und jahrzehntelang gewartet hat, wie vor einer Schranke, endlich in Dich wie ein Samen eindrang, weil Du nun reif genug geworden bist und Dich ihm geöffnet hast, bereit. Dieser Moment, ein kurzer Augen-Blick, ist der Grund für Deine Erdenzeit. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
A HEART FULL OF MEMORIES
We came we went And the time spent Was like a drop of memory In a few people’s story Who themselves are gone too And, if not yet gone, are going too. If you have a heart Now is when to start Keeping record in there Of what you’re doing here On this planet distant and blue - Your memories are for you. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
SO ODER SO
So. Oder so.
Ob gut oder schlecht
heißt es immer so.
Alles ein Geschlecht.
Gesellschaft vereinheitlicht
Wahres Gesicht verheimlicht
Sich anpassen erfüllt das Status Quo
Irgendwie irgendwo
Sooderso.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
THE MIRROR RIVER
A mirror is a river.
Think not that what you see
Is your image reflected.
What you see is your mirage projected
To what you want or no longer want to be.
To get there or to come back
You have to follow the river
From your source to your sea.
To get here or to go back
You have to cross your river
Of pain, vanity and complacency.
Your mirror is your prophecy.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
THE RIVER OF REFLECTION
If one day you see yourself
On the other side of the river
And yourself tells himself
To move on and forgive her
And yourself turns around
And walks into the distance
And you’re left with the sound
Of the inner river’s dance
Will you follow your inner self
Across the river of reflection?
Or will you follow your inner self
In the opposite direction?
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
FEHLER MACHEN MENSCHEN
Ein Fehler ist es,
keinen Fehler zu machen –
Kein Fehler ist es,
einen Fehler zu machen
und darüber zu lachen,
zu lernen und aufzuwachen.
Menschen machen Fehler,
wenn sie wirklich leben wollen;
und Fehler machen Menschen
zu dem, was sie sein sollen.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
UNCOMMITTING
There is always a moment
That one moment
When a connection can take place
That moment was silent
We spent it masking face
In a superficial space
And it came and went.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
SIEG DES MENSCHTUMS
Krieg ohne Sieg
Immer und immer wieder –
Wäre uns aber nicht lieber
Sieg ohne Krieg?
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Im Jahrzehnt der deutschen Dichtung
UNMISSING
You stole my heart But when you gave it back It was no longer a part Of the things that I lack. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
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