A note in the uncertainty

If you’re not sure, then hold back: pause:
I will always come around again

© Meisaan Chan

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Giving

Give me joy and I will nurture it to deeper joy;
give me suffering and I will turn it to new life;
give me all who you are, even shame, that heaviest burden;
and when you have nothing left to give me, give me nothing, too,
scraping the soul clean, eternal vessel

© Meisaan Chan

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Missing the mark

How I yearn to have control
but having control is not the point

© Meisaan Chan

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God-identity

There is a world of difference
between superhero and God
yet strangely, these get confused

© Meisaan Chan

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Self-honesty

I step down from my throne
and take off my crown
remove all my clothes
and give you my kingdom:
for this is how you see me, Lord
this is who I am

© Meisaan Chan

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Non-attachment

My path can lead you right into the mess
and then it can lead you right out of it

© Meisaan Chan

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Balance, again

I. You work so hard for me;
do not forget to rest for me

II. I will push you
but I will never push you over
only you can do that

© Meisaan Chan

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Ritual

Ritual can be a shelter for safety
or a well-trod path home
or a deep, deep hole

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Incrementality

Slowly you raise the heat
until slowly I acclimate
then slowly you raise it again
until I boil for you

© Meisaan Chan

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If you want to change the world

If you want to change the world
heal your deepest wounds
for healing radiates only from the inside-out

© Meisaan Chan

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