Category Archives: Poetry

A focused mind

  A focused mind must let go of everything else or it is not focused     © Meisaan Chan

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Most people never wield the sword of discipline

  Most people never wield the sword of discipline and wander unprotected     © Meisaan Chan

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Do not tie yourself to affirmation

  Do not tie yourself to affirmation for it can be a choke hold cutting off the truly necessary     © Meisaan Chan  

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You cannot know my grief

  You cannot know my grief; I was the one who gave you legs to stand tall in my light and instead you used them to run away from me       © Meisaan Chan

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O David, my singing brother

  O David, my singing brother aflame with canticles in the night fingers burning for the strings an unseen hand etching paeans of fire on your heart and you, barely breathing on your bed, wide-eyed, seeing everything even in the … Continue reading

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I’m glad you found someone you trust to love

  I’m glad you found someone you trust to love for love is a doorway which, when open, lets everything in       © Meisaan Chan

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Peace

  There’s the peace that comes after the storm and then the peace that comes during it: they are sisters, soothing with both hands     © Meisaan Chan

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The necessary step to compassion

  The necessary step to compassion is the sincere desire to put healing over pain    But before all of this the very first step is to want to want to choose compassion   © Meisaan Chan

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Compassion is the strongest

  Compassion is the strongest because it focuses on fullness; all else focuses on lack     © Meisaan Chan

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Strength

  You could respond with cynicism rage loathing disgust  or fear but ultimately compassion is the strongest     © Meisaan Chan

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