Tag Archives: abandonment

Adherence

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

It is possible to adhere to dogma and not to me © Meisaan Chan

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Sensitize your soul

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Sensitize your soul, for God loves to settle and settle and settle © Meisaan Chan

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I am afraid of abandonment, I say

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

I am afraid of abandonment, I say, shutting down, going numb: Oh, but wait, you murmur, as you put one foot in my closing door as I let you, hesitantly as your love washes over me © Meisaan Chan

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Welcomed gifts

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

 Gifts of praise are cherished but gifts of burdens are gold © Meisaan Chan

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God wants

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

I do not want your money or your reverence or you prayers: I want your worries and your power and your control – Pour yourself out! Dance through the eye of a needle! © Meisaan Chan  

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The Carver

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  Carve out a little space, O God and then, when nestled, carve the walls yet further still until the shavings curl away in thick cloud-piles, until the walls are thin, then holed, then open, until you carve the nothingness: … Continue reading →

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