Curving toward the center

We’re making it out of here alive: yes

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

We’re making it out of here alive: yes
the jaws snapped shut without us
death-paths turn to life-paths;
we run hand in hand, hearts take to flight

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God-looking

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes the cup runs empty
and you tip the cup back for the last drop;
so do I do with your heart, says the Lord,
looking for your compassion

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I wake up in the night and you lull me back to sleep

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

I wake up in the night and you lull me back to sleep
your tender touch upon my furrowed heart
soothing, soothing, soothing

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The path to thinking you are a machine

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

When you place such importance on speed,
many things are sacrificed along the way
first: the breath
second: the senses
third: the grounding

Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged awareness, breath, contemplation, efficiency, machine, meditation, robot, senses, speed, writing | 4 Comments

Fear and love

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

True fear binds with a million leashes;
true love breaks through them all

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Bone-dead dry

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Bone-dead dry
eyes weary, withered:
where, O God, are you?

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The church-goers

Posted on July 19, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

To be in the institution but not of the institution:
that is the challenge

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“Please take off your armor,” God says.
“I’m not wearing any,” I say.
“Can you feel my touch?” God asks gently.
I pause. “No,” I say.
“If you want to feel my touch, please take off your armor,” God says.

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Filling the space

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Gold-gleaming church, silent and empty,
rays of light making love to stained glass,
ecstasy filling the space to overflowing

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Seeing through the layers

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Loss can be gain
Gain can be loss;
Wise is the one who sees through the layers

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Curving toward the center

We’re making it out of here alive: yes

God-looking

I wake up in the night and you lull me back to sleep

The path to thinking you are a machine

Fear and love

Bone-dead dry

The church-goers

Please take off your armor

Filling the space

Seeing through the layers

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