Category Archives: Poetry

Open, open, open

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  Open, open, open says the labyrinth to its paths says the heart to its master may all closure reverse to open though it ceases being what it is     © Meisaan Chan

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I had always known “faithfulness” to be a frail word

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  I had always known “faithfulness” to be a frail word promising more than it could give until I stepped into your heart   © Meisaan Chan

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Holes

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  “He forgot his entrance,” the actress was staying over drinks last night. “Just forgot! Can you believe that? How can you just forget to go on?” and then she describes how they all tried not to stand awkwardly, red-faced … Continue reading →

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Cry of a perfectionist

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  “I’m such a mess,” I say. “Delighted,” God says. “That I’m a mess?” I ask. “That you’re moving,” God says.     © Meisaan Chan

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You make me to lie down in green pastures

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  You make me to lie down in green pastures because I myself wouldn’t know what to do with such tenderness     © Meisaan Chan     (photo credit: National Geographic)  

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Take comfort

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

Take comfort: beauty and abundance are also off the path     © Meisaan Chan   (Photo credit: Twisted Sifter)

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Rest can look like death

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  Rest can look like death but don’t let fear of stopping stop you     © Meisaan Chan   (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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Love never pulls back

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  Love never pulls back; sometimes she needs to change her course but still, it is always onward     © Meisaan Chan

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May all of life bear your fingerprint

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  May all of life bear your fingerprint: trees and rivers and stars, joy and suffering and loss; may all of life be washed by your touch and may you leave hints everywhere that yes, you passed     © … Continue reading →

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Re-beginnings

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  It’s a dawning new day and the world is baptized in new light you, dripping, need not fear the journey when the journey is as beautiful as this     © Meisaan Chan  (Photo credit: Betsy Devany,  www.betsydevany.wordpress.com)

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