Curving toward the center

Give me your dead ends

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

You must give me your dead ends
before I can carve new paths
for your dead ends truly are dead:
Owning this is your first step

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The missing ingredient

Posted on March 6, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes humility is the missing ingredient
for transformation

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I want to be with you more than my thoughts

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

I just want to be with you, O Lord
more than I want to be with my thoughts,
for one thought of you brings a torrent of life,
but a million thoughts from me:
Darkened clouds but not one drop

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Stay awake through your unknowing

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

You think you know!
How little you do!
Stay alert, little one:
Do not let your knowledge lull you to sleep
Stay awake through your unknowing

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The end of disorder

Posted on March 3, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

You put me in order
as a ramshackle house turns elegant

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Leadership

Posted on February 28, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

You can follow your thoughts
or your thoughts can follow you

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Sticky Voice Procedure

Posted on February 27, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

If there is a voice that sticks,
you can peel it off and give it to me, says the Lord
and if you need help, I can do that, too

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Mad footsteps

Posted on February 26, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Total madness,
this following the footsteps of the Lord:
Total, inexplicable joy

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Addiction

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Only God, cries my soul:
Stop giving me everything else –

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The zipline to the heart of God

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Having the courage to be vulnerable
is a zipline to the heart of God

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