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Category Archives: recovery
True and false Doing Nothing
True doing nothing is precision: Sharp knife False doing nothing is amorphous: Blunt rock © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged amorphous, distraction, nothing, precision, stillness
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Night murmurs
Hush, hush, murmurs the Lord as she strokes me in the night I am all things for you: everything you need is everything I give, and more © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged Christmas, comfort, help, help me, love, sleep, sleeping, tenderness, vulnerability
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Grow, grow, says the gardener
Grow, grow, says the gardener; Let your roots reach deeper into unknown darkness so your branches can reach higher © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged branches, growth, roots
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Not being aware of your emptiness
Not being aware of your emptiness when you’re empty is like going grocery shopping on hungry stomach: You take anything © Meisaan Chan
Make in me a new heart
Dusty heart: Refresh in me glistening, ready © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged Dusty, heart, Old, refreshed, refreshing, weary
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Winter world
O beauty of the Lord shine upon this winter world thaw our bones of loneliness massage stiff-jointed fear © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged companion, fear, loneliness, winter, writing, writing process
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On disappointments
Don’t hold it in speak out with compassion; holes, if not addressed, only grow © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged betrayal, compassion, disappointment, honesty, honor, intimacy
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The five-second invitation
“Ignore that for five seconds,” you whisper, “and come to me.” Sometimes I don’t – I finish my task, ignoring the pull in my soul: Flash starvation and sometimes I do – I put everything down: Flash nourishment © Meisaan … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged beckoning click save draft, calling, invitation, nourishment, starvation, whisper, writing
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The short list
Only some things matter in life; what you decide to put on your short list will determine everything © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged God, priorities, shortlist, value
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Curving toward the center 