Curving toward the center

On the path

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

There is only so far you can get
if you never ask for help;
that is how it is

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As the glacier melts into the earth

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

What has defined it drains away
until it becomes unrecognizable
and yet, life depends upon entering into foreignness

(Photo credit: National Geographic)

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The Found

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

In any quiet moment, you will find me
in any loud moment, I am there

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Enter into me, says the Presence

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Enter into me, says the Presence
take off your armor
then your clothes
then your skin
then the impossible! – your protesting
all barriers removed:
calm, stormy one, calm
for I am the mirror sea
enter into me

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Sound of God

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Those great and perfect blasts
reverberating forever

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Upon nothing else rest

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Upon nothing else rest except upon the hands of the Almighty;
let her hands cradle you
fold you up
and be a cavern for your soul;
you, safe within, are protected, sheltered
as she holds you in her hands;
Upon nothing else rest except upon the hands of the Almighty

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Love-making

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Eager winds throw eager waves
upon the pier in a fan of crashing water
rough and wild and joyous

(Photo credit: National Geographic)

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Motivation

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

They emerge:
worms in the rain
gasping for air
breaking through barriers only when suffocating
nevertheless: still breaking through

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Deep in the labyrinth

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Doors follow me. I don’t know why,
but that’s how you reveal yourself,
in the perpetual choice: to go or to stay
posed again and again and again,
each door leading to others in a tangle of doors
and the only guidance I have is that fire in the womb
which just wants to be with you
and which flares up at your faintest scent

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You spend a lot of energy trying to leave, God says

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

“You spend a lot of energy trying to leave,” God says.
“As much as I want to, I can’t say,” I say. “It’s not right. But neither is leaving.”
“Such a conflicted heart!” God says gently.
“What’s the way out?” I ask.
“Remember that I am eternity,” God says.

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