Curving toward the center

Only if you want to stop

Posted on November 29, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Walk on the dead-end road
only if you want to stop

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Dilution

Posted on November 28, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

You can dilute your time with me, says the Lord
but it will not be I who will be diluted

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The calling to deepen: Recognizing your presence

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes the world pulls me out
sometimes I pull me out
sometimes my fear pulls me out –
it is a miracle that any progress is made at all!
And this, once accepted, leads to clarity:
Recognizing your presence at every step

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Needing you

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

The door appears:
Starving, I step through
meeting you

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One facet

Posted on November 23, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

All that you know of me is but one facet, says the Lord;
one slight turn and all is foreign,
yet still I

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Gazing out the cabin window, beauty gazing back at me

Posted on November 22, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Birch trees numerous as the cattails
standing white, standing brown

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The following leader

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Even when you lead, follow, says the Lord;
especially when you lead, follow

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For some, that is all that fills them

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Words of God: Rich, dark soil
Words of fear: Gravel filler

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Impeccable spirit

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Wind on the water
the lake leans east
impeccable crumbles of shadow and light
impeccable spirit

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Dancing leaves

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Autumn leaves whorl in the air
their freedom finally purchased in death

Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged aging, autumn, death, freedom, healing, leaves, loss | 1 Comment