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NEITHER FIRST NOR LAST

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The last shall think they’re the First
And the first shall think they’re the Last
This is the nature of human vanity

You are not the First but the last,
many there are that came before you.
Life has an incredible age.

You are not the Last but the first,
many they are that will come after you.
Make way and leave the stage.

We are each just a part of the whole,
Space-wise, time-wise, content-wise;
Humility alone will perfect our human unity.

Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river

THE BEST

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Don’t save the best for the last
Take the best first
And make the best of the rest.

– Che Chidi Chukwumerije.

SPRING AND WINTER

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The last was the first
It burst out of the blue dark skies
And brought light! It shone
And won our hearts, our better parts, our bitter parts
Yet it was the last.

The first was like the last
It melted away softly into wintry blues
And, oozing, seemed to reunite with windows closed
And nothing more was to be said, all appeared dead.
Yet it was the first.

– Che Chidi Chukwumerije