Category Archives: writing

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 →

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How you speak

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

If you were to show me all of your will in one great, blinding blow I would not do one thing, frozen: but, like reviving the eyes of the blind, I can detect the dark of shadows moving, and so … Continue reading →

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The forgetting

Posted on November 25, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Rushing through the day trying to get everything done so that nothing falls through the cracks and I’m so focused on this that you do fall © Meisaan Chan

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Running into freedom

Posted on November 22, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Eternity is just that: boundless © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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Because the real thing will come back around

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

With you, I abandon my success With you, I abandon my failings then, empty of all things except for you, I abandon you, too © Meisaan Chan

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In the midst of rush

Posted on November 18, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

In the midst of rush, suddenly the rush stops rushing and I need to decide if I’ll still rush just because there is nothing to stop me or if I will accept the gift © Meisaan Chan

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Delivered

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Long journey over; You had helped me all the way just as you promised © Meisaan Chan

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Another hotel sunrise

Posted on November 15, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Six birds flying low on the crimson horizon, their silhouetted bodies a line against the canvas; two cyclists ride by on the country road, their bent-over bodies, one beside the other, another moving line; thin clouds start to glow, the first … Continue reading →

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The encounter

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Rain clouds, low, so close to the earth desirous of touch so I go out © Meisaan Chan

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