Category Archives: recovery

To my friend

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

I want to help you but you walk away I call you but you don’t respond I run to rescue you and you drop into waters with a weight around your feet – come back, dear one, come back – … Continue reading →

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The wise ones

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

The wise ones know that all storms pass no matter how dark the sky © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry | Tagged community, friendship, hardship, resilience, storms | 5 Comments

Even when you think it’s gone

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Even when you think it’s gone the ghosts remain © Meisaan Chan (photo credit: Twisted Sifter)

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Rare strength

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

In admitting you were wrong your world expands, the same with admitting you need help: you are not the center © Meisaan Chan

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Delivering a computer in 1957 – or – Efficiency

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

A sign that the soul has grown is when our ghosts which used to be haunt us now fit in the palm of our hand © Meisaan Chan (photo credit: Twisted Sifter)

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Inner stability

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

If they treat you one way, you rejoice if they treat you another way, you explode – Find your rock! Find your rock! Why think your worth is so unstable? © Meisaan Chan

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A note on co-dependence

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

When you dissolve in me you retain your identity – that is, you become none other than fully yourself; dissolving any place elsewhere simply means you disappear © Meisaan Chan

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The buried

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

“Keep digging,” God says. I, deep in the hole, shovel again. “What are we looking for?” I ask, angrily this time. “Your heart,” God says. © Meisaan Chan

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In remembrance

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry | Tagged death, eternity, flowers, healing, memory, origami, remember, timelessness | Leave a comment

When you break the silence

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

You will then need courage to face the brokenness but brokenness by compassion will heal brokenness by fear will remain brokenness by resentment will petrify © Meisaan Chan

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