The equation

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Failure + listening
can never equal failure

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Slow going

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes it’s slow going because the path dissolved;
but keep plodding, slow as it is

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Vigilance

Posted on October 26, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Be on guard for self-hatred
that most toxic of poisons

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Protector

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes I thwart my own happiness
and am the foil for my own plans;
O Lord, hear me: place me in your eternal womb;
protect me from myself and my potential harm

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Tend to the health of your roots

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

for no matter what you build
they cover all

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Celestial prayer

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

The sun is silent
and so the moon:
reflect the silence
reflect the light

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In the darkness we come

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

In the darkness we come
just for the chance to sit at your feet
and be absorbed in the darkness
and be absorbed in the light

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Brazenly peer into the face of God!

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Brazenly peer into the face of God!
Then brazenly accept what you find!

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If you have no car, no bike, no phone, no shoes, nothing that the world values

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

There are so many ways home, says the Lord;
come home, dear ones, come home

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Before winter comes

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Quickly, clouds race by,
hurried to get somewhere else
before winter comes

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