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Tag Archives: dark
Sometimes you have to start over, and agonizingly so
Sometimes you have to start over, and agonizingly so;just as the trees every year lose the crown of their gloryand the days lose their strength,just as the seed loses its protectionand the cougar loses its territoryand birds lose their flight … Continue reading
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged cosmic loss, dark, darkness, help, help me, loss, starting over
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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
Togetherness
The dark is thick so stick together don’t go through the night alone © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: Twisted Sifter)
Posted in Poetry, recovery, 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
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 recovery, 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)
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, 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
Curving toward the center 