Category Archives: Poetry

You resent the obstacle

  You resent the obstacle but through it I am showing you the way       © Meisaan Chan

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Let me be for you a glowing canopy of leaves

Let me be for you a glowing canopy of leaves translucent    © Meisaan Chan

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Who knew praise could be so dark

  Who knew praise could be so dark as the swirl of marbled storms or the gasp of faithful wound or the one blind finger stretching out to Thee       © Meisaan Chan

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You look at me with sad eyes.

  You look at me with sad eyes. “I’m not bleeding,” I say. “You’re not looking,” you say.       © Meisaan Chan

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In a moment of silence the heart quiets on you

  In a moment of silence the heart quiets on you as a needle to the north star     © Meisaan Chan  

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My dear one, why do you insist on clinging

  My dear one, why do you insist on clinging to tree limbs with wings unfurled?       © Meisaan Chan  

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You stand at the doorway.

  You stand at the doorway. “You will not like my home,” I say. “I will love your home,” you say. “I do not receive visitors,” I say. “I am not visiting,” you say. “It is a wreck,” I say. … Continue reading

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