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Author Archives: Meisaan Chan
The Persistent One
Sometimes I come and you’re not there; maybe you’re out to lunch or didn’t hear the page – no shame. It happens. I’ll be back. © Meisaan Chan
The Carver
Carve out a little space, O God and then, when nestled, carve the walls yet further still until the shavings curl away in thick cloud-piles, until the walls are thin, then holed, then open, until you carve the nothingness: … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry
Tagged abandonment, carve, emptiness, empty, nothing, paradox, surrender
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The encounter
The deer stares, frozen as we breathe one vapored breath hearts pound, hand reaches © Meisaan Chan
Hunger, revisited
I eat, am not full and eat more, to emptiness – wrong stomach, wrong food © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry
Tagged completion, emptiness, food, hunger
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Apartment complex
Cry of bird from across my hallway all our cages © Meisaan Chan
Haiku
New tongue on my tongue thick curtain lifts giant stars await © Meisaan Chan
So much strength
So much strength and yet so gentle © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: Twisted Sifter)
More important than having control
More important than having control is knowing when to relinquish it © Meisaan Chan
Take me home
Take me home in the dark and frozen cold when my breath sticks to my lips and I have nowhere to go; Someone, come with velvet shroud, arm around my shoulders, and guide me to the glowing light to … Continue reading
Imprints
They say that for infants, steady, loving gazes, eye-to-eye, form the basis for intimacy and trust and emotional stability as adults; this gaze of open love leaves a forever imprint. And what of the earth? Does she not, … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged childhood, earth, imprints, ocean, sunset, trees
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Curving toward the center 