Tag Archives: darkness

Unknowns

Posted on June 2, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

You can avoid the darkness all you like but then you avoid deepest transformation © Meisaan Chan

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Peering into the darkness

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

You strain so hard, peering into the blackness when your only task is to breathe, open-armed, clothed in wondrous dark © Meisaan Chan

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Conserving energy

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Facing the unknown is easier when you stop grasping for control, which, in face of the unknown, it is a futile effort © Meisaan Chan

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Be that anchor

Posted on November 8, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Lord, help me face the storm and not be swept away be that anchor you promised you would be © Meisaan Chan

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But first, we must have the courage to die

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

How well we make our misery! How ardently you try to teach us new ways! © Meisaan Chan

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The gentle call and response

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Gently you call to me as the night settles in and the dawn a distant friend; I switch on the lamp and under the golden glow write these words, the gentle responding © Meisaan Chan

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Holes

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

I thought I knew what a hole was but then you left © Meisaan Chan

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Opening door, glowing light

Posted on June 22, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Opening door, glowing light joy and sorrow enmeshed as I leave the old behind © Meisaan Chan

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Home to you

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

The path plunges into darkness but I have chosen this path carefully and know its destination so I need not fear my blindness: home to you, home to you in the darkness, step by step I’m traveling home to you … Continue reading →

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In the darkness, the senses shift

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Eyes need light but ears do not; they do not fear the dark © Meisaan Chan

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