Category Archives: Poetry

Sometimes we fear so much the naked night

Sometimes we fear so much the naked night we would do anything to avoid it even becoming stuck © Meisaan Chan   (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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After a long day of being in the zone

Weary, emptied out yet still overflowing © Meisaan Chan

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A meditation mantra

Breathe. Find all rest in me. Rest. © Meisaan Chan

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Equilibrium

When the depth of your work equals the depth of your rest © Meisaan Chan  

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The disappeared

My friend: How easy it is for you to disappear right in front of us, right here nodding, smiling: eyes vacant © Meisaan Chan

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The wound

Learning to trust again filling eternal hole with eternal sustenance human desire, divine task © Meisaan Chan

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The burden can be light

The weight of being right can be crushing the joy of being wrong can strangely uplift © Meisaan Chan

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Exposition

When my will is exposed you are the safest © Meisaan Chan

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Going from one thing to another

You can’t wait to leap to the next thing – but my voice settles in the tiny pauses © Meisaan Chan

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Empathy

“I’m sick of people using me,” I say. “They never see me for who I really am.” “Tell me about it,” God says. © Meisaan Chan

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