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Category Archives: Poetry
Layers
It doesn’t matter how many layers of fear you need to peel away, says the Lord just that you keep on peeling; It also doesn’t matter how many layers of shame for only I am endless © Meisaan Chan
God so loved
God so loved and loved and loved that there was no room for anything else; not even nothing could stay © Meisaan Chan
All points are entry points
All points are entry points once you’re ready to enter but if you’re not even a laser won’t cut open the door: finding God is not the question being ready to find God is © Meisaan Chan … Continue reading
I might be plain
I might be plain but I know the sound of mist soaking into the grass and the dazzling taste of sunlight and the wonderful, thick patience needed to greet the crescent moon; it is fine that I am plain … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged grass, hidden, holiness, moon, plain, shed, sunlight
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There are lion’s dens
There are lion’s dens and nightmares in the sky but no matter how it seems still you are protected © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)
Few are defined by their dreams
Few are defined by their dreams or their longings or their passions; if you consider instead, one’s actions, many are defined by their impulses and even more are defined by their fears © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged discipline, dreams, fear, impulses, longings
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Little addictions
All of our little addictions distract us from our heart’s calling little by little by little by little © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged addictions, calling, discipline, distract, heart
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One day I got up and walked over to God.
One day I got up and walked over to God. “God,” I said, “Why is it that people can live and die without knowing love? Why is it that so many suffer needlessly? Why is it that our burdens can … Continue reading
High above my fevered heart
High above my fevered heart the crescent moon and two bright stars piercing through the city lights celestial hand curving down luminous, hovering, a tender washing over me © Meisaan Chan
Sometimes you just got to go through it
Sometimes you just got to go through it: as an athlete practices until collapse this is but practice for the next step Nothing says you have to progress; indeed, all along the path are those like stones who … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged athlete, collapse, continue, persistence, practice, progress
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Curving toward the center 