Curving toward the center

Stepping out of the wound

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

I surpass all woundedness, says the Lord
so step out of your woundedness
and into my surpassing

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Lighting small candle

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Lighting small candle
waiting for the moon to see
water laps softly

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Love and courage, II

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Be courageous:
love can come out of mess

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Incident – or – First Responders

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

You cannot help if Anger is the first to respond
but if left unchecked, it can refuse access to others who are trying to assist:
Compassion
Wisdom
Strength
and Resilience:
it will easily take over, but without the requisite skills
as you continue to bleed heavily, defenseless

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When I finally still the onslaught of voices

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

When I finally still the onslaught of voices
I feel the heart as you made it to be:
vast, cavernous, calm, waiting

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The unfeared descent

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

The sun knows its slow descent
but note how it does not just go out:
at its lowest point, it unfurls its majesty,
its moment of greatest open giving

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A caution about the altar of independence

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

This altar might seem like it doesn’t need sacrifices
– that it doesn’t need anything, really –
but there is something brittle about it, something cold

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It depends on what you want

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

How tempting it is to forever be the victim!
Forever indignant and wounded, forever raging:
but victims do not journey well –
they tend to circle and circle and circle

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One little light

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

One little light cannot fight the dark;
that is why God did not give one little light

(Photo credit: National Geographic)

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Weariness

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Rest, says the Lord
for your weariness needs succulence:
here I am for you

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