Category Archives: Poetry

God-looking

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes the cup runs empty and you tip the cup back for the last drop; so do I do with your heart, says the Lord, looking for your compassion © Meisaan Chan

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I wake up in the night and you lull me back to sleep

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

I wake up in the night and you lull me back to sleep your tender touch upon my furrowed heart soothing, soothing, soothing © Meisaan Chan

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The path to thinking you are a machine

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

When you place such importance on speed, many things are sacrificed along the way first: the breath second: the senses third: the grounding © Meisaan Chan

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Fear and love

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

True fear binds with a million leashes; true love breaks through them all © Meisaan Chan

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Bone-dead dry

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Bone-dead dry eyes weary, withered: where, O God, are you? © Meisaan Chan

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The church-goers

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

To be in the institution but not of the institution: that is the challenge © Meisaan Chan

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Please take off your armor

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

“Please take off your armor,” God says. “I’m not wearing any,” I say. “Can you feel my touch?” God asks gently. I pause. “No,” I say. “If you want to feel my touch, please take off your armor,” God says. … Continue reading →

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Filling the space

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Gold-gleaming church, silent and empty, rays of light making love to stained glass, ecstasy filling the space to overflowing © Meisaan Chan

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Seeing through the layers

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Loss can be gain Gain can be loss; Wise is the one who sees through the layers © Meisaan Chan

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Your heart is a castle

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Your heart is a castle and I am the inner room I am every brick © Meisaan Chan (Photo Credit: Twisted Sifter)

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