Category Archives: Spiritual poetry

On definitions

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Definitions are your walls, says the Lord but they certainly are not mine © Meisaan Chan

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The only healthy destination for rage and fear

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

God is the only healthy destination for my rage and fear – all else shreds to tatters © Meisaan Chan

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Ghosts in a choir

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Back porch deck light, falling rain: I gaze across the lake, at the birch trees standing like ghosts in a choir watching me © Meisaan Chan

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Good leaders walk with pain

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Good leaders walk with pain – not in front of them, for pain is blind not behind them, for pain can lag behind but beside them, where pain reminds © Meisaan Chan

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Upon looking out the morning window

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

The night snow sneaks up like a cat on silken paws then leaps! – ah! – The whiteness world dazzles! © Meisaan Chan

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When loved ones disappoint

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

When loved ones disappoint remind me that love doesn’t keep score © Meisaan Chan

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Deciding on whose face

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Filling your eyes with the face of the Lord will push out the face of fear Filling your eyes with the face of fear will push out the face of the Lord © Meisaan Chan  

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Handmaiden

Posted on January 18, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

You surge into me and I receive, the handmaiden of my Lord © Meisaan Chan

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Why tremble in the dark?

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Dark, dark is the night but why tremble? asks the Lord; Everywhere am I – when you accept this, you accept my power © Meisaan Chan

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My dear, you know where obsessing leads.

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

My dear, you know where obsessing leads. You know its path and destination. That which is irresistible does not guarantee health, nor does following it lead to fragrant places. © Meisaan Chan

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