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Category Archives: Poetry
By the misty lantern’s light
By the misty lantern’s light my friends swoop in silence, releasing their catch into my hands; we work together: even the lantern, even the boat there is nothing that is apart © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: Twisted Sifter)
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged connection, fisherman, friendship, interconnectedness, interdependence
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Never mind the mess
Never mind the mess; what matters is resilience © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: Twisted Sifter)
Why hang on?
Dare to let go of your chains © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: Twisted Sifter)
Fragility
With a puff of air I will shatter so you touch me and I burst into a thousand pieces; you are not afraid of my fragility – for the builder, brokenness is only the beginning © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged beginnings, break, brokenness, build, burst, fragility, shatter, wholeness
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The forest glows with morning light
The forest glows with morning light and the clearing calls me onward; a part of me finds it hard to accept such beauty but the part of me that hungers for radiance is larger © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged beauty, forest, hunger, radiance, shame, tree
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Weights
Bring me closer: all these weights, I throw them away for even gold is heavy and to get to you, I must fly © Meisaan Chan
Preparation
Waves foam at our ankles like wisps of clouds: the journey doesn’t start in the boat it starts with the mending © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)
Casting bombs
Give me your fury and confusion and pain; cast unto me your bombs for I am the only one you can throw them onto and still be healed © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged anger, bombs healing, confusion, fury, pain
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Cast your prayers on the wind
Cast your prayers upon the wind and once you let them go let them go again within your heart let them go let them go let them go © Meisaan Chan Photo credit: National Geographic
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged freedom, letting go, prayers, relinquishment, wind
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The day wails on like a red-faced baby
The day wails on like a red-faced baby; I seek your arms your quiet lull © Meisaan Chan
Curving toward the center 