Category Archives: Poetry

My love, keep going

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

My love, keep going for though the ground is burning I am the shoes upon your feet © Meisaan Chan

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Layers

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

All these little, private moments all these tiny prayers all these ways you layer me God upon God upon God © Meisaan Chan

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You cover over all depths

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

You cover over all depths sink into all horizons saturate the rain, anointing © Meisaan Chan

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I do not reward perfection

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

I do not reward perfection – A heart cracked and glued and stitched that can still reveal itself to me that is what I want; the perpetual return the endless path to softening © Meisaan Chan

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The spinner

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

She keeps pulling at me, stretching me like spinning yarn at the wheel; I keep thinking I will break but in the master’s hands I: threading for infinity She: gently humming © Meisaan Chan

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Insomnia

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

In the middle of the night endless arms stretch in all directions the eternal, dark cradle; God, help me stop fighting help me give into your warmth © Meisaan Chan

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The moment you’d turn your face from me

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

The moment you’d turn your face from me my soul would suffocate the umbilical cord snapped © Meisaan Chan

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Spirit of God

Posted on September 24, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

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The path to healing never leads around the pain

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

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My Lord is on the way

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

My Lord is on the way for in my darkness, I cried out from my depths, I screamed and across the void he’s fleet-foot running: my Lord is on the way © Meisaan Chan

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