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Tag Archives: friendship
The nature of jealousy’s holes
Have compassion on those who are jealous of you –your love that goes in will fall out of their holesbut better your compassion than your spitewhich will stick to you both © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged compassion, enemy, friendship, jealousy, love
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Vision
When I am pushed to the maxhelp me handle myself carefully, tenderly, delicately:Help me discern who also willand who won’t © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged discernment, friendship, hardship, help, help me, vision
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Companions
All the earth needs a companion:the horizon to the skythe trees to the windthe hawk to the cliffthe bee to the flowerme to you:sacredness © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged Companions, earth spirituality, friendship, intimacy, lovers, union
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The dearly beloveds
The masses don’t have to know who you arebut your dearly beloveds: Yesto them, reveal allreveal all © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged beloved, friendship, humility, intimacy
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My relationship to words
My words ache to be used deeply, to calm stormsbut they don’t have to:Only I am in charge of their depth © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged friendship, integrity, Relationships, words
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In gratitude to the helper
I needed help and you came pulling me from the mire and in that moment when your hand grasped mine: Somewhere, far off and not far off a galaxy exploded, came back together – For Erica © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged friendship, help, help me
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Parable of the lonely woman
Once, God appeared to a woman. “I am the Lord,” God said. “You aren’t the Lord,” the woman replied. “I would recognize the Lord on sight.” God appeared to a second woman. “I am the Lord,” God said. “Not true,” … Continue reading
Loving when you don’t want to love
Loving when you don’t want to love is the work of heroes © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged abandon, friendship, fulfillment, help, help me, love, price, relationship, surrender
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The helper
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
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I cannot carry your burden
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
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Curving toward the center 