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

JAZZ HOLE

I’m feeling down today
The perfect mood
For poetry

He’s played the music
So long
He’s lost in the music now

That musician on stage
Is an echo of the poetry
Eating me inside.

– Che Chidi Chukwumerije