Tag Archives: sleep

O tender sleep, come my way

Posted on June 25, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

O tender sleep, come my way may I keep a safe home for you to settle and settle and settle © Meisaan Chan  

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A tiny rip in the universe

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

I missed my prayer time because I slept instead. Sleep can be a prayer but today I simply didn’t want to go to work, and my spirit of “not going” spread: I didn’t go didn’t show up   © Meisaan Chan … Continue reading →

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Insomnia

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  In the middle of the night endless arms stretch in all directions the eternal, dark cradle; God, help me stop fighting help me give into your warmth     © Meisaan Chan  

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Unseen God

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  Whoever called you the unseen God was numb in the deepest sense of the word for you are here in the glowing trees and red lights and stop signs and surprise sales when we’re shopping and silent tears and … Continue reading →

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