Category Archives: Poetry

For the passion-prone person

Learning how to use the brakes is spiritual work that allows you to be a much better driver © Meisaan Chan

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Far away

gripping hard jaw clenched wanting what I want © Meisaan Chan

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The blessing of being empty

My words can only fill you who are empty © Meisaan Chan

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Peel away your fear

Peel away your fear: Yes, the layers seem endless but I alone am infinite © Meisaan Chan

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On definitions

Definitions are your walls, says the Lord but they certainly are not mine © Meisaan Chan

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The only healthy destination for rage and fear

God is the only healthy destination for my rage and fear – all else shreds to tatters © Meisaan Chan

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Ghosts in a choir

Back porch deck light, falling rain: I gaze across the lake, at the birch trees standing like ghosts in a choir watching me © Meisaan Chan

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Good leaders walk with pain

Good leaders walk with pain – not in front of them, for pain is blind not behind them, for pain can lag behind but beside them, where pain reminds © Meisaan Chan

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Upon looking out the morning window

The night snow sneaks up like a cat on silken paws then leaps! – ah! – The whiteness world dazzles! © Meisaan Chan

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When loved ones disappoint

When loved ones disappoint remind me that love doesn’t keep score © Meisaan Chan

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