As I ease into the water, soak into me,
relieve my tension-holding;
let it ebb out so I can hear your voice
so I can hear mine
so I can breathe in silence,
holding onto nothing
© Meisaan Chan
A bathtub prayer
Posted in Poetry, Recovery and healing, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged bath, bathtub, body, contemplation, embodied, embodiment, meditation
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Entertaining thoughts
You have no control over what thoughts knock on your door
but it is only you who opens
© Meisaan Chan
Posted in Addiction, Food addiction, Mediation, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged contemplation, meditation, self-control, wisdom
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A note from the one who defends
It is not your job to worry about the battle;
it is your job to stay close
© Meisaan Chan
Posted in Addiction, Food addiction, God speaks poetry, Mediation, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged battle, defender, help, humility, protection, struggle, trust, union, unity
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Maple syrup
Sweetness, fresh from the tree
tasting like freedom and dawn and leaves:
all the ways you show all the ways that you are:
the small, shy drops
© Meisaan Chan
Posted in Earth poetry, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged beauty, Click save draft, dawn, freedom, leaves, Maple syrup, tree, union
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Be courageous
Be courageous:
Love can come out of mess
© Meisaan Chan
Posted in Addiction, Food addiction, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged courage, humility, love, openness, strength, surrender, transformation
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The wound
Learning to trust again
filling eternal hole with eternal sustenance
human desire, divine task
© Meisaan Chan
Posted in Addiction, Food addiction, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged forgiveness, healing, help, humility, injury, trust, wholeness, wound
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I do not need more control
I do not need more control
you have given me enough,
and for that which I cannot control
another prayer rises
as I let go of what does not belong to me
© Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged Click save draft, control, control freak, humility, prayer, recovery, relinquishment, surrender, trust
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