Tag Archives: night

Because sometimes the night is eternal

Posted on September 4, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Do not fight the dark– it is what it is –let your eyes adjust and stretch out your armsfor I do not need light to be seen © 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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Terror in the night

Posted on June 28, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Terror in the night terror in the storm terror, everywhere, terror: God my help, come and find me for I know not where I am © Meisaan Chan

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The insomnia prayer

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

God of counted minutes circle me back home to you © Meisaan Chan

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I wake up in the night and you lull me back to sleep

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

I wake up in the night and you lull me back to sleep your tender touch upon my furrowed heart soothing, soothing, soothing © Meisaan Chan

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Purposes

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

O star guiding me home O dark night that I may see the star © 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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In this thick, eternal night

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

In this thick, eternal night even the stars have been eaten alive and I wait, O Lord, I wait for dawn to come again © Meisaan Chan

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Here I come to tend to your wounds

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Here I come to tend to your wounds, O bleeding one, to accompany you on this long path home, to guide you through the night © Meisaan Chan

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Dark is the night

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  Dark is the night but your heart is a window lighting the world     © Meisaan Chan   (Photo credit: National Geographic)  

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