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Author Archives: Meisaan Chan
Mediocrity will never get you there
Cry out to the Lord cry out from your depths slog through the swamps may every last fiber cry out © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged abandon, courage, desperation, faith, help, help me, strength, writing
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The expansive heart lets go
The expansive heart lets go; even in absence, it is full © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: Twisted Sifter)
Posted in Uncategorized
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Crashing waves, rising mist
Crashing waves, rising mist rushing, dense freedom wordless unity: heart beating beneath you, lungs pumping, legs propelling you both through the glowing mist © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged discovery, freedom, lake, light, mist, sea, unknown
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One way out of wallowing
Yes, it’s muddy and sometimes your face is right in it but don’t lose hold of your curiosity or you might miss it © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)
Waiting for you
I bathe in the softness of the moonlight gentle rays of light caress my dampened skin; my hair, wet, dangles, drips I pause and turn, waiting for you © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged caress, desire, intimacy, love, sexuality, touch, vulnerability
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Sight
Sometimes I am beautiful, says the Lord and sometimes I am putrid: Keep watch! Do not be lulled by your images of me, that first step to blindness © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Christianity, Poetry, recovery, Uncategorized
Tagged beauty, blindness, clarity, discernment, idol, image, sight, vision, wisdom
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Jump out
On one side, the cliff: On the other side, the abyss: Go! Jump out! Die! Then tell the world what you saw © Meisaan Chan
You’re not always going to get what you want
You’re not always going to get what you want – and for this, the weak shatter and for this, the strong return to me © Meisaan Chan
Playing the martyr v. being a martyr
The main difference between them and you is that they choose to fill their hearts with love while you fill yours with resentment © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged bitterness, compassion, heart, love, martyr, power, sacrifice, victim, wholeness
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The bittersweetness of moving forward
Deciding to move forward is deciding to leave it behind so do not be surprised should you grieve while walking into the light © Meisaan Chan
Curving toward the center 