That deep moment When the grass is calm The gale is spent Nature is bent On being your heart’s balm A busy butterfly Like a restless thought Flutters by Waving hi and goodbye Forget me not Forget me not. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
Love
THAT ONE
You can come as close to me as you want You still cannot get in. You can go as deep into me as you want But still deep within My heart there is a door And if you’re not the one it’s meant for You can’t get in. You can go as far away from me as possible You still remain inside me I can push you as far away from me as possible But still deep inside me There is one tender space And you alone live inside this place That is the home in me. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
A FEELING OF WARMTH
A bright new day And yet there’s no sun Because the light Is a feeling of warmth Within my heart. To let go of pain Is a human feat You will love again We part to meet And meet to part. There’s a rainbow Universal, not a slogan Or a flag. A Hello Of Hope for everyone Eternity’s chart. Heaven’s memory song How great Thou art. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
LOVE IS FOR THE DARING
It’s not the bite in your pride when the rejection is nearing that you are really fearing It is not the hope that died while heartbreak was jeering that built the guard you’re wearing It is the invasion of your Inside, the vulnerability in sharing, the agony, the pain, of caring Deep within is where you hide, finding strength, slowly preparing, because love is for the daring. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
NO MATTER
No matter How many times I get used, I still can never get used To getting used. No matter how often Fake people take a liking To me, I never take a liking To their liking. No matter How often I be in love, I will never fall in love While standing in love. Che Chidi Chukwumerije
I LOVE A LOT
For the sake of love I love a lot For the sake of the love which once I got I love to love and love a lot Without a plan, without a plot Just for the sake of the love which once upon a time I got and never again forgot. Che Chidi Chukwumerije
LOVE IS THE GOOD FIGHT
It‘s just a day like any other
Despite flowers, bub and ice cream
Unless you touch deeply another
Member of the human lonely hearts‘ team.
So, along the way:
Let your heart find an inner stream
On Valentine’s Day
Something so real it feels like a dream.
A Dream of another humanity
Justice, sharing and solidarity.
Love is the fight to banish animosity
And hatred, and usher in global unity.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije
COMRADE
There was an eagle in your eyes
In your gait
In your voice
In your words
In your deeds
In your mind
In your Heart, Daddy –
It was you. Your spirit. Your essence.
That eagle is flown away today
Six years ago
But the arch of its flight is still imprinted
In my memory
Like daylight in the nighttime.
A Comrade in life
And a Comrade in the afterlife.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije
In Memoriam:
Comrade Uche Chukwumerije
11.01.1939 – 19.04.2015
Ugo Mba 1 Isuochi
Dike Ogu Ndi Igbo
Convinced Socialist. Proud Panafricanist.
Father. Teacher. Comrade. Enigma.
VIERUNDZWANZIG STUNDEN
Was würde ich nicht geben, um
eine fünfundzwanzigste zu bekommen
Noch eine Stunde mit meinen Kindern
und mit meiner Frau mir gönnen
Alles, was mir die restlichen vierundzwanzig haben genommen –
Es sei: Wir holen uns jetzt DIESEN Moment
und nehmen daraus, was wir können.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije
Im Jahrzehnt der Deutschen Dichtung
LISTEN
Always hear the unsaid when people talk;
Perceive the noise in the silence.
See the hidden stumble in their walk;
Read the unwritten hope for peace
Even in their threats of violence.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije
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