Tag Archives: light

Filling the space

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Gold-gleaming church, silent and empty, rays of light making love to stained glass, ecstasy filling the space to overflowing © Meisaan Chan

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Water at your ankles

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Warm water at your ankles the human talks gently, softly as the sun rises, all is bathed again © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)  

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Go out to the edge of the lake

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Go, row out to the edge of the lake go out with your little light and behold the light you cannot make not one, nor a million’s million © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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Deep in the labyrinth

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Doors follow me. I don’t know why, but that’s how you reveal yourself, in the perpetual choice: to go or to stay posed again and again and again, each door leading to others in a tangle of doors and the … Continue reading →

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Another reason to stay close

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Do not despair at dead ends, says the Lord for I make doors wherever I go © Meisaan Chan

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The eternal dive

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

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 →

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Choose the one you want, God says

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

“Choose the one you want,” God says. In each hand is a shining light. I am mesmerized. I want them both. “Look carefully,” God says, frowning. “They are not the same.” “I don’t see the difference,” I say. “One will … Continue reading →

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The necessary starting place

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

You shine like the sun; all my heart’s corners cringe in the light © Meisaan Chan

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Sometimes we fear so much the naked night

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes we fear so much the naked night we would do anything to avoid it even becoming stuck © Meisaan Chan   (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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The burden can be light

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

The weight of being right can be crushing the joy of being wrong can strangely uplift © Meisaan Chan

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