Category Archives: Spiritual poetry

Maple syrup

Posted on April 20, 2018 by

Sweetness, fresh from the tree tasting like freedom and dawn and leaves: all the ways you show all the ways that you are: the small, shy drops © Meisaan Chan

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Be courageous

Posted on April 19, 2018 by

Be courageous: Love can come out of mess © Meisaan Chan

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The wound

Posted on April 18, 2018 by

Learning to trust again filling eternal hole with eternal sustenance human desire, divine task © Meisaan Chan

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I do not need more control

Posted on April 17, 2018 by

I do not need more control you have given me enough, and for that which I cannot control another prayer rises as I let go of what does not belong to me © Meisaan Chan

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When I’m restless

Posted on April 13, 2018 by

When I’m restless, remind me to come to you; there is no real place to go after that © Meisaan Chan

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My neighbors’ shouting woke me up last night

Posted on April 12, 2018 by

My neighbors’ shouting woke me up last night and so, awake, I stumbled to the bathroom, and upon my return, I was struck by the frame of moonlight-drenched carpet – my window, achingly luminous and through it, there she was, … Continue reading →

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The power of humility’s absence

Posted on April 11, 2018 by

Forgiving while still carrying self-righteous indignation is not forgiveness and nor will you heal © Meisaan Chan

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