Category Archives: writing

Digging in

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Digging in to find the joy stubborn, adamant: there must be joy here and then finding it © Meisaan Chan

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The Fatigue Prayer

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Tiredness crawls beneath my eyelids tightens my jaw: O Lord, be with me now © Meisaan Chan

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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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The end

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

O God my help, at first I flounder but my screaming ends in you so I follow my screaming to its end © Meisaan Chan

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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

Posted in Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged door, eternity, heart, infinity, spirit | Leave a comment

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)

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged adventure, blindness, burden, hardship, journey, joy, life, perspective, vision, writing | Leave a comment

The true omnipotent

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged dependence, independence, protector, surrender, trust | Leave a comment

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