Category Archives: Spiritual poetry

In the calmness

  In the calmness  the gentle hand, in the quiet  the yearning     © Meisaan Chan  

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The heavy lifting of friendship

The heavy lifting of friendship can only be done together and the worth of friendship can only be known when lifted   © Meisaan Chan

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Unseen God

  Whoever called you the unseen God was numb in the deepest sense of the word for you are here in the glowing trees and red lights and stop signs and surprise sales when we’re shopping and silent tears and … Continue reading

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On self-pity

  It is good to be found and even better when I accept that I was never left behind     © Meisaan Chan  

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Give it all to me

  Give it all to me your endless rage seas of weeping and sweeping fear; I did not build the heart to be a prison for your blind and lame and diseased but a chamber to be emptied out and … Continue reading

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Tango lessons

  I will never push always suggest a dancer on the floor, with the slightest pressure speaking the language of skin waiting to take you everywhere if you listen   And if you don’t we can dance the basic step … Continue reading

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A focused mind

  A focused mind must let go of everything else or it is not focused     © Meisaan Chan

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Most people never wield the sword of discipline

  Most people never wield the sword of discipline and wander unprotected     © Meisaan Chan

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Do not tie yourself to affirmation

  Do not tie yourself to affirmation for it can be a choke hold cutting off the truly necessary     © Meisaan Chan  

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You cannot know my grief

  You cannot know my grief; I was the one who gave you legs to stand tall in my light and instead you used them to run away from me       © Meisaan Chan

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