You will meet people
Without meeting them
You will see people
Without seeing them
You will know people
Without knowing them
And you will leave people
Without leaving them.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Poems from the inner river
leaving
ALREADY
The person who outwardly leaves you today
Already inwardly left you yesterday.
And the person who outwardly comes to you today
Already inwardly came to you yesterday.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije.
LEAVING
There was a girl
the fruit of her labour
Was the world
With a cry of pain and a shout of joy
She gave birth to the world
And primitive was the world
Harsh the lips that burned her nipples
Rough the tongue that broke her word
And we’re still here today
The earth is still not enough
Mother has become a stranger
The outcasts have grasped their destiny.
-Che Chidi Chukwumerije..
Che Chidi Chukwumerije 