Putting down the fury
and the self-righteousness
and the vengeance
and the victimhood,
putting the cool compress of compassion to my forehead,
that I do not grow yet weaker
© Meisaan Chan
The slow return to strength
Posted in compassion, Poetry, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged anger, compassion, fury, meditation, rage, strength, vengeance, victim
Leave a comment
Rage is a drug
Rage is a drug
feels eternal
kills me
© Meisaan Chan
Posted in Addiction, anxiety, compassion, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged compassion, contemplation, drug, meditation, rage, recovery, self-harm, surrender
Leave a comment
Security
Insecure
your world is no more:
So do not run to the world,
run to me
© Meisaan Chan
Posted in Addiction, anxiety, Food addiction, God speaks poetry, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged grief, help, help me, Insecure, loss, security, transition, unstable
Leave a comment
Don’t ignore yourself any longer, says the Lord
Don’t ignore yourself any longer, says the Lord –
Voice your wishes, your desires:
I am the Voice
so that you can remember yours
© Meisaan Chan
Posted in Addiction, Food addiction, God speaks poetry, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged confidence, home, power, strength, voice
Leave a comment
The case not to choose the mountain
You are an ant and your fears are a mountain
but I am the universe and even beyond –
a mountain is dust of the dust
© Meisaan Chan
Posted in Addiction, anxiety, Food addiction, God speaks poetry, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged And, anxiety, balance, courage, fear, mountain, perspective
Leave a comment
Own yourself!
You’re trying too hard to please –
Be you! Be you in your entirety!
This is how you’re made, in all your facets:
Own your complexity!
© Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged acceptance, empowerment, freedom, healing, liberation
Leave a comment
Similarities to spirit
Flesh, like spirit, is a wondrous thing, says the Lord:
It starts weak
and becomes strong
only when you work
© Meisaan Chan
Posted in Addiction, anxiety, Food addiction, God speaks poetry, meditation, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing
Tagged courage, diligence, discipline, rigor, surrender, work
Leave a comment
