Tag Archives: companion

Do not companion the chaos

Posted on March 22, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

It will get worse, says the Lord: Walk with me, do not companion the chaos © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Food addiction, meditation, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged certainty, chaos, companion, courage, darkness, journey, light, trust | 2 Comments

The helper

Posted on May 21, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

I tried to carry your burden and I fell, crushed I gave your burden to God and all is held © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged burden, companion, friendship, help, helper, suffering | Leave a comment

I cannot carry your burden

Posted on December 28, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

I cannot carry your burden but I can carry your heart © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged companion, company, friendship, help, help me, isolation, soulmate | Leave a comment

Winter world

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

O beauty of the Lord shine upon this winter world thaw our bones of loneliness massage stiff-jointed fear © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged companion, fear, loneliness, winter, writing, writing process | Leave a comment

God is love

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Humans have the wondrous tendency to make the simplest things impossible © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged acceptance, community, companion, connection, imperfection, love | Leave a comment

The mutual bleeding

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

I have hurt you and in hurting you, I bleed © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged companion, connection, friendship, healing, hurt, wound, wounding, writing | Leave a comment

We’re making it out of here alive: yes

Posted on July 27, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

We’re making it out of here alive: yes the jaws snapped shut without us death-paths turn to life-paths; we run hand in hand, hearts take to flight © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Food addiction, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged adventure, community, companion, help, journey, path, rescue, writing | Leave a comment

The slow God

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes you take your time and so to be with you, I, too, need to slow down and find contentment in matching footstep with footstep © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry | Tagged adventure, companion, journey, path, slow, slowness | Leave a comment

The follower

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

I do not need to see your face; just to know that I am with you the desert shrinks the desert shrinks © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

Posted in Photo poem, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry | Tagged adventure, companion, desert, follower, journey, path, unknown | Leave a comment

Here I come to tend to your wounds

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Here I come to tend to your wounds, O bleeding one, to accompany you on this long path home, to guide you through the night © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry | Tagged bleed, companion, friend, guide, healing, night | Leave a comment