Curving toward the center

For the passion-prone person

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Learning how to use the brakes is spiritual work
that allows you to be a much better driver

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Far away

Posted on February 1, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

gripping hard
jaw clenched
wanting what I want

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The blessing of being empty

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

My words can only fill
you who are empty

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Peel away your fear

Posted on January 30, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Peel away your fear:
Yes, the layers seem endless
but I alone am infinite

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On definitions

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Definitions are your walls, says the Lord
but they certainly are not mine

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The only healthy destination for rage and fear

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

God is the only healthy destination for my rage and fear –
all else shreds to tatters

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Ghosts in a choir

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Back porch deck
light, falling rain:
I gaze across the lake,
at the birch trees standing like ghosts in a choir
watching me

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Good leaders walk with pain

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Good leaders walk with pain –
not in front of them, for pain is blind
not behind them, for pain can lag behind
but beside them, where pain reminds

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Upon looking out the morning window

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

The night snow sneaks up like a cat on silken paws
then leaps! – ah! –
The whiteness world dazzles!

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When loved ones disappoint

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

When loved ones disappoint
remind me that love doesn’t keep score

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