Curving toward the center

Religious infighting

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

While the adults squabble
the children walk away

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The nature of holes

Posted on April 10, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

The more the holes, the slower the pace
because you have to walk around
because you keep falling in

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged blindness, emptiness, falling, Holes, humility, learning, Mistakes, pride, surrender, vision | 1 Comment

The chains of fear fell off

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

The chains of fear fell off
and the soul lifted, freed

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged anxiety, awareness, contemplation, fear, help, help me, meditation, rawness | Leave a comment

Be satisfied

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Be satisfied, says the Lord:
You have placed your hunger in the heart of me
feast, now, on my heart

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The gift of raw materials

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

I give you the raw materials, says the Lord
but it is up to you to decide what to do with them

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged building, courage, faith, hardship, help, help me, raw materials, surrender, trust | Leave a comment

When all the choices are hard ones

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

When all the choices are hard ones
you must decide which parts of you will die:
Remember that some parts will more readily come back to life than others

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged choices, death, decisions, discernment, hardship, help, help me, life, resurrection, surrender | Leave a comment

Let your body pray, says the Lord

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Let your body pray, says the Lord
let your body talk to me
I do not want prayers simply from your mouth

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged body, body prayer, embodiment, prayer, spirituality | 1 Comment

Tending to the light

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

The depths of darkness
make of utmost importance
how I tend to the light

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged awareness, darkness, light, meditation, mindfulness, tending | Leave a comment

Full of grace

Posted on March 29, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

No one can fill with grace except God
so when you see someone full, know that God has passed

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged fullness, grace, help, help me, mystery, release, submission, surrender, trust, wholeness | Leave a comment

I am for you

Posted on March 28, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

I am for you –
if the world is against you, what is that?
It is a speck of dust in the cosmos;
oh, that you could see

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged acceptance, Approval, courage, disapproval, help, help me, love, submission, surrender | Leave a comment