The world is so varied
So many different types of people
The mix makes the magic
Each world as distinct as it’s equal
The human spirit, what a strange species
That God created and sent to Earth
Further than the imagination can see
Diversity and depth without dearth
No one person, no one tribe
No one nation, no one race
Can bridge alone your great divide
And still your thirst for a homely place
Only all of us together can
Not all at once, for we are separated
But by going from human to human
With an open heart from land to land
Will the segregated inside you be integrated.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river