Amtrak in Chicago

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Trains lumber by
concrete and brick and grey
heart soft

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Trying so hard to make things happen

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Pushing at left hind
leg of elephant: futile
struggle, no movement

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Another reason to stay close

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Do not despair at dead ends, says the Lord
for I make doors wherever I go

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Nothing is not connected

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Healing feeds all
resentment poisons all

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The reminder

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

I take better care of you
than any of your plans, God says.
So relax. I lead: you follow.

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Glory

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

All glory is yours
the stars explode in praise

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Looking for silence

Posted on November 26, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Silence is an artificial construct
– even your heart makes noise –
so know what you are really looking for
when you try to enter into it

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Following the leader

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

If God has not lost hope
then neither will I

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Proper place

Posted on November 25, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Nothing can save me except you, O Lord:
everything falls into its proper place

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The courage to enter

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

The one thing that matters you will have, and you will have forever
so let all else slough away, one by one by one by one
until the core of the core is revealed
until you have the courage to enter

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