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Author Archives: Meisaan Chan
A note from Meisaan: A brief interlude
Dear Friends, I’m taking two weeks of an interlude from the regular poetry and sharing a bit of my wrestling with the religion of my birth, Christianity. These poems have been written over a series of years and are not … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Uncategorized
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The road of holy self-awareness
The road of holy self-awareness can only lead to compassion © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged compassion, forgiveness, humility, love, self-awareness
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Do not use me, Lord
Do not use me, Lord – for how I have already been used! – Instead, remember me just remember me and all shall come to pass © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry
Tagged love, remember, remembrance, strength, trust, Will
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You can try to hide your beauty
You can try to hide your beauty but everything gives you away © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry
Tagged beauty, courage, fear, love, surrender
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The danger of expectations
Sometimes you come in smallness and if I only look for you in the big I will miss you, O God of the small © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged blindness, expectations, humility, idol, openness, vision
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The curious nature of courage
Courage can never be given; it must be claimed © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged courage, endurance, gift, resilience, strength
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Underestimations
Most people underestimate God because infinity is insufficiently explored © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged eternal, God, infinity, mystery, underestimate
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St. Paul’s Cathedral, London
Dark cavern, enormous womb candles flickering before gold-flecked statues; the casting of light and shadow stirs the soul. Somewhere, a deep weeping as the choir rings out, then silence carries the silk-strung notes to the ceiling, notes that caress the … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry
Tagged beauty, candles, London, sorrow, St. Paul's Cathedral, statues, weep, womb
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Not even I
It’s okay if you can’t make everyone happy, God says; not even I can do that © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
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The messiness of healing
The faint of heart will never heal for healing involves pus and discoloration and oozing: pray for the courage to tend the wound © Meisaan Chan
Curving toward the center 