Author Archives: Meisaan Chan

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Do not be who you are not, says the Lord

Posted on December 12, 2018

Do not be who you are not, says the Lord; if you do, we cannot be very close for your mask will be in the way © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Addiction, anxiety, Food addiction, God speaks poetry, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged authenticity, courage, image, Mask, nakedness, surrender | Leave a comment

Attraction

Posted on December 11, 2018

As a fly is attracted to flypaper so, too, can my desires blind © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Addiction, anxiety, Food addiction, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged attraction, blindness, desires, ego, humility, pride, vision | Leave a comment

Hovering

Posted on December 10, 2018

I am in the definitions and I am between them, and I’m certainly where there are no definitions at all © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Earth poetry, God speaks poetry, Poetry, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged creation, definitions, Genesis, hovering | Leave a comment

The turning is prayer

Posted on December 7, 2018

The turning is prayer The re-turning is prayer © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Addiction, anxiety, Food addiction, God speaks poetry, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged acceptance, compassion, contemplation, forgiveness, love, meditation, recovery | Leave a comment

To stand before the fullness

Posted on December 6, 2018

Empty, I stand before the fullness and weep © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged acceptance, awe, eternity, help, help me, humility, infinity, love, overwhelmed, return | Leave a comment

Wisdom, you touch with touchless hands

Posted on December 5, 2018

Wisdom, you touch with touchless hands and penetrate, all-knowing, beyond flesh © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged compassion, contemplation, journey, meditation, union, wisdom | Leave a comment

The Leash Request

Posted on December 4, 2018

When anger inflames my heart and I go blind, be that leash so I do not walk off cliffs © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Addiction, anxiety, Food addiction, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged anger, blindness, compassion, leash, rage, self-control, Self-restraint, wisdom | Leave a comment