You resent the obstacle

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Meisaan Chan
 
You resent the obstacle
but through it
I am showing you the way
 
 
 
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Let me be for you a glowing canopy of leaves

Posted on May 15, 2014 by Meisaan Chan
Let me be for you
a glowing canopy of leaves
translucent
  
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Who knew praise could be so dark

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Meisaan Chan
 
Who knew praise could be so dark
as the swirl of marbled storms
or the gasp of faithful wound
or the one blind finger stretching out to Thee
 
 
 
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You look at me with sad eyes.

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Meisaan Chan
 
You look at me with sad eyes.
“I’m not bleeding,” I say.
“You’re not looking,” you say.
 
 
 
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In a moment of silence the heart quiets on you

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Meisaan Chan
 
In a moment of silence
the heart quiets on you
as a needle to the north star
 
 
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My dear one, why do you insist on clinging

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Meisaan Chan
 
My dear one,
why do you insist
on clinging to tree limbs
with wings unfurled?
 
 
 
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You stand at the doorway.

Posted on May 11, 2014 by Meisaan Chan
 
You stand at the doorway.
“You will not like my home,” I say.
“I will love your home,” you say.
“I do not receive visitors,” I say.
“I am not visiting,” you say.
“It is a wreck,” I say.
You do not respond. Instead, you look at me
and something bursts inside
something awful, deep, and lonely
and it is swept away
and out that door
and I hear me say,
“Come in, come in, come in.”
 
 
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