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Category Archives: Spiritual poetry
Yes, you are helpless
Yes, you are helpless and plans fall apart and people disappoint and promises aren’t kept and your body breaks down; all of these are gentle doors that open to my heart and only I am waiting to comfort you … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged disappoint, door, eternal, heart, helpless, promises
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A note to the traveler
All roads do not lead forward most loop back around © Meisaan Chan
Illuminated mysteries
Illuminated mysteries are such that even when lit only the edges can be seen © Meisaan Chan
Detour
I stare at the flooded road. “Don’t worry,” God says. “There’s another way.” My heart drops at the burned-out bridge. “Don’t worry,” God says. “There’s another way.” I wail when I see the tornadoed stretch. “Don’t worry,” God says. … Continue reading
Scrub off the grime on your heart
Scrub off the grime on your heart; be vigilant, for it collects and scrubbing once only means that you’ve scrubbed once, while vigilance requires every moment © Meisaan Chan
House party
Your whisper cuts through the din and pulls me along a suddenly forested road; all of the people and the party fade away and here I am with you, my spirit tingling like a divining rod leaping in my … Continue reading
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Tagged divining rod, party, road, spirit, water, whisper
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Names
“What can I call you?” I ask. “Call me whatever you like,” she says. “Can I call you Eye of the Universe?” I ask. She smiles. “Sure.” “Can I call you Great Spirit?” I ask. She grins. “Why not?” … Continue reading
Do not worry about what they say
Do not worry about what they say for I am the sea current hidden and powerful and deep readying to sweep you away; they are a shallow pond easily heated, easily cooled and they can take you nowhere … Continue reading
Accommodations
I say, “I don’t trust you,” and God says, “No problem.” I say, “I will not call you by any name,” and God says, “Fine by me.” I say, “I will not contort myself or deny myself or lie … Continue reading
Carve me out, O Lord
Carve me out, O Lord whittle away what does not belong until I am nothing but a curved dome of sky © Meisaan Chan
Curving toward the center 