To be half in
Is the worst thing
A Person can be in your life
Because to be half in
Means to be half out
An embodiment of doubt
And a source of doubt therefore
A distraction, and what is more:
A source of inner strife
To be half in is worse
Than to be completely outside
It depletes your life force
And the peace you need inside.
It does not respect, it does not value
It does not grasp, need you or know you
Enough to come fully through your gates
So, remove all half-committed distractions
They are emotional drags and weights
They are psychological restrictions
Though it hurts to lose them, each half gem,
It hurts even more and harms you to keep them.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river