The miracle of life transcends the earth. The adventures of the “I” Survive many an earthly death and rebirth And a “Beyond” not in the Sky But right here beside you And much too often beneath you. Your Journey is shaping the Real you. This is really the purpose of it all - Not the Earthly but the Spiritual, the true inner personality, you the actual person, you, you, you! Eternity requires integrity, and self-conquest is our path thereto in the struggle with the Material. Che Chidi Chukwumerije Poems from the inner river
personality
UNCONVENTIONAL PERSPECTIVE
Human characters incarnate
And re-incarnate.
Each stay on another Earth is but
A continuation.
It is limited by time and
Saturated by responsibility.
There is a task…
– this is the objective happening,
always to be borne in mind.
The key to fulfilment is Love,
Always to be borne in Heart.
You running and you running and you running away,
Sang Mr. Bob Marley
But you can’t run away from yourself.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije..
AFTER YOU’RE GONE
Footprints on sand
What is the proof that you ever lived?
What is record of self?
What is confirmation of identity?
Passport? No. Insufficient.
Fingerprints? No. Mute.
You. Spirit. Spirit is evidence.
Speak your mind before you die.
Character. Be yourself.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije.
THE PERSON WITHIN
I saw a big spirit
Carrying a small body
Upright and light and taller
Than the giants that dwarfed her
I saw a strong spirit
Carrying a crippled body
Gracefully, effortlessly, healing
The minds that came his way.
Like the seasons that change
So every Body will go
But our natures will stay
And spirit, spirit will find a way
To break through the shell
And say Hello.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije.
THE SONG OF HEARTS
A woman there was
Who by music was made –
Music conceived her
And made her
And set her free
And lost she wandered
Uncomprehended and lonely and
Confused for many a day
Until upon a morning, dawn tore
Out of her heart a haunting melody
And she learned that she could sing
Then did she, joyous of heart, compose
And sing and release to the world
Like a bird-being set free
The very song that fashioned her
And daughter became mother
Nay, traveller became bridge
I am a song
You are a song
We are all heaven’s song.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije.
INHERENT ABILITIES
Awaken
a person’s Ability
and you awaken the Person
Make use of
Your Ability and
You become a Personality
Your own Person.
– Che Chidi Chukwumerije.
Che Chidi Chukwumerije 