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Author Archives: Meisaan Chan
How you need to look
Steep mountain trail curls through the forest in an unrelenting ribbon of rock and clay; I go forward, slowly, muscles burning on the climb; when I remember to look up, I see the also unrelenting beauty but some times demand … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged adventure, blindness, Camino, journey, path, perspective, sight, trail, vision
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Doing exactly as you please
Doing exactly as you please without being affected by others could be a sign of freedom or isolation © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged busyness, freedom, independence, isolation, loneliness, schedule
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Flower petals
I scatter them wherever you go and sometimes you tread without noticing, but if you look at the bottom of your feet, you will see that I scatter them wherever you go © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged contemplation, flowers, help, help me, invisible, love, meditation, presence, tenderness, unseen, vision
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Without batting an eyelash
God purifies Humans mess it up God purifies Humans mess it up God purifies © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged healing, loss, mess, messiness, wholeness, woundedness
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God, magnified 1,000x
So close I get to you that you lose your familiar shape: have courage, my soul, you still are home what is foreign is the intimacy © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged adventure, closeness, distance, foreignness, intimacy, journey, love, path, union
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The demand
“I demand nothing less than utter saturation,” I say to God. God smiles. “A very lovely demand.” © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged brazenness, demand, faith, intimacy, saturation, trust, union
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Whatever you decide, don’t let fear stop you
If you’re afraid if you do and afraid if you don’t, fear is equal: be afraid, then! Proceed! © Meisaan Chan
Terror in the night
Terror in the night terror in the storm terror, everywhere, terror: God my help, come and find me for I know not where I am © Meisaan Chan
The enemy prayer
They may see me as their enemy but may they not be enemies in my heart, for there are only so many chances to love in this lifetime only so many chances to be transformed © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged bondage, chains, compassion, enemy, freedom, friend, healing, unity
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The perpetual lift
Sometimes you protect me from the stupid things I do and other times you expose me, hoping that I learn; both ways are pure compassion, for even when I fall there I am, on the ground and wiser there you … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged compassion, fall, humility, lesson, lift, love, protection, wisdom
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Curving toward the center 