Category Archives: Poetry

Falling apart

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Everything falls apart in autumn – you can complain to the trees and, gentle-hearted, they’ll listen as their own leaves break and float down © Meisaan Chan  

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Sensitize your soul

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Sensitize your soul, for God loves to settle and settle and settle © Meisaan Chan

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Submission

Posted on October 9, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

You resist the mystery trying to conquer it with your mind but mysteries do not submit: they settle © Meisaan Chan  

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Choices

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

You can stay in the space of self-righteous indignation but then you will never heal © Meisaan Chan

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Depth

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Not all types of rest are created equally some are deeper than others © Meisaan Chan

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Breathing

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Make every breath a prayer until breathing is secondary © Meisaan Chan

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Tiny sacrifice

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Tiny sacrifice tsunami of love, wrapped up small package: heavy © Meisaan Chan

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It’s amazing what noise covers up

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

It’s amazing what noise covers up including your one, true self © Meisaan Chan

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Stepping out of the wound

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

I surpass all woundedness, says the Lord so step out of your woundedness and into my surpassing © Meisaan Chan    

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Lighting small candle

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Lighting small candle waiting for the moon to see water laps softly © Meisaan Chan   (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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