THE SINGULARITY OF EVERY

There are many things
That seem to be the same
But are not

Just like dawn and dusk
Those two strangers
Who have a way of appearing similar

And yet have never met
Or seen
Nor ever will

Nor ever be the same.

– Che Chidi Chukwumerije.

SUBTLE TIES

He was my best friend
Yet when we parted
None gave news to the other
Of the path he charted

Where one went high
The other went low
And where one learned to lead
The other learned to follow.

She was a wild flower
But deep in her soul
She was a gentle morning
That made people whole

She fell in love with one
Then met the other
And fell for him too
Like he was her lover

Torn between a leader
And a follower
She learned with surprise that the higher
Is indistinguishable from the lower

The hunter is the hunted
The writer is the reader
The leader and the follower
Are both follower and leader.

He was my best friend
And though we walked separate ways
Destiny brought us together
Back to the same place.

– Che Chidi Chukwumerije.