Category Archives: Spiritual poetry

Togetherness

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

The dark is thick so stick together don’t go through the night alone © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: Twisted Sifter)

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Getting out of the rut

Posted on December 12, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

I will give you times for rest, says the Lord but how you often pass over my gift for the rut © Meisaan Chan

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Self-identification

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

If your heart is a closed door all around you, you will behold closed doors; If your heart is a wide, open field all around you, you will behold infinity © Meisaan Chan

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Using different vision

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Each wave takes such tremendous resilience to withstand but using different vision: the life! The life! © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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The true omnipotent

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

O God my protector all bows before you and the moment I try to protect myself all devours me © Meisaan Chan

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The darkness is easy to dispel, says the Lord

Posted on December 6, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

The darkness is easy to dispel, says the Lord: one little light and it is gone – but the shadows! The shadows! © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged courage, darkness, despair, hope, justice, light, struggle, vision | 2 Comments

With just one swerve, the path turns foreign

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

With just one swerve, the path turns foreign, other-worldly, hostile to life – still, I go with you still, I lead the way © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged emptiness, foreignness, guidance, guide, help, leader, loss, lost, unknown, writing | Leave a comment

You can fear walking upon the razor’s edge

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

You can fear walking upon the razor’s edge but sometimes there is no other place to walk © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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Church angel

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

I leave the pew and get in line for that little wafer that I don’t understand in a community I don’t frequent: I am a stranger in this semi-foreign land and in the other line of people a little girl … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged angel, church, home, Jesus, line, stranger | 2 Comments

After the storm

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Deep shadows, bold morning light rain still sliding down my window, the world, slick and golden, glowing from within – and then the gold is gone, fled, leaving only drenched flatness but I remember what just passed I remember the … Continue reading →

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