Curving toward the center

As you struggle against it

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

As you struggle against it
ask what part of you really wants to give in;
unrest comes in fragmentation

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Here in dark hotel

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Here in dark hotel
happy lamplight reminding
darkness is so thin

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Sleepwaking

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

You will want to do something else
but guard against sleepwaking
that desolate space where you behold nothing

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Another jumping point

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

The path always leads to cliffs
it’s not the exception: it’s the rule

(Photo credit: Twisted Sifter)

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Welcomed gifts

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Gifts of praise are cherished
but gifts of burdens are gold

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The wild is within you

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

The wild is within you
the tame is within you

(Photo credit: National Geographic)

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Here I come to tend to your wounds

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Here I come to tend to your wounds, O bleeding one,
to accompany you on this long path home,
to guide you through the night

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Passive aggressiveness

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Little barbs on words
hook into the heart
carefully, I take them out

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Delivering a computer in 1957 – or – Efficiency

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

A sign that the soul has grown
is when our ghosts
which used to be haunt us
now fit in the palm of our hand

(photo credit: Twisted Sifter)

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Follow me, God says

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Follow me, God says
mountains turn to deserts:
good walking shoes

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