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Tag Archives: dark
Why tremble in the dark?
Dark, dark is the night but why tremble? asks the Lord; Everywhere am I – when you accept this, you accept my power © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, Food addiction, God speaks poetry, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged anxiety, courage, dark, fear, help me, peace, power
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Togetherness
The dark is thick so stick together don’t go through the night alone © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: Twisted Sifter)
Posted in addiction, Earth poetry, Photo poem, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged community, connection, dark, healing, isolation, light, strength, writing
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The eternal dive
Dive into me, says the Lord; Keep going: the light fades to dark Keep going: the dark fades to depths Keep going: the movement fades to silence Keep going: the familiar fades to foreignness Keep going Keep going Keep going … Continue reading
Posted in Earth poetry, Feminine God, God speaks poetry, Poetry, Spiritual poetry
Tagged dark, darkness, diving, eternity, infinity, light, mystery, nothing, ocean, sea, silence, unknown
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Peering into the blackness
You strain so hard, peering into the blackness when your only task is to breathe, open-armed, clothed in wondrous dark © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Feminine God, God speaks poetry, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry
Tagged blackness, breathe, dark, darkness, freedom, relinquishment, surrender, uncertainty, unknown
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Dark is the night
Dark is the night but your heart is a window lighting the world © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)
Posted in Photo poem, Poetry, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry
Tagged dark, heart, light, night
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O David, my singing brother
O David, my singing brother aflame with canticles in the night fingers burning for the strings an unseen hand etching paeans of fire on your heart and you, barely breathing on your bed, wide-eyed, seeing everything even in the … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry
Tagged burning, canticle, dark, David, hand, heart
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Who knew praise could be so dark
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 © Meisaan Chan
