Tag Archives: heart

Wrap your heart in my heart

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Wrap your heart in my heart, says the Lord enshroud yourself with my shroud velvet encasing warmth © Meisaan Chan

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Ritual

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  The candle burns brightly again and I sit in my prayer chair again; I used to scorn ritual, but now I see it is a paved pathway so I can focus on the terrain of your heart     … Continue reading →

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I do not reward perfection

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  I do not reward perfection – A heart cracked and glued and stitched that can still reveal itself to me that is what I want; the perpetual return the endless path to softening     © Meisaan Chan

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Going numb is sometimes needed

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  Going numb is sometimes needed but do not forget to reawaken the heart or else it will slumber on     © Meisaan Chan

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I am as gentle as dappled sunlight on your skin

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  I am as gentle as dappled sunlight on your skin; your heart, so delicate – so mishandled! – shivers, not trusting the goodness, but come, I whisper, despite your swath of fear, come into the heart     © … Continue reading →

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Open, open, open

Posted on August 22, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  Open, open, open says the labyrinth to its paths says the heart to its master may all closure reverse to open though it ceases being what it is     © Meisaan Chan

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I had always known “faithfulness” to be a frail word

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  I had always known “faithfulness” to be a frail word promising more than it could give until I stepped into your heart   © Meisaan Chan

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Little addictions

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

All of our little addictions distract us from our heart’s calling little by little by little by little     © Meisaan Chan

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High above my fevered heart

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  High above my fevered heart the crescent moon and two bright stars piercing through the city lights celestial hand curving down luminous, hovering,  a tender washing over me   © Meisaan Chan

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Step into my heart, says the Lord

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  Step into my heart, says the Lord; do not deviate, go straight in, don’t be shy for I have made this doorway just for you and I am standing right inside; You cannot know how long I’ve waited with … Continue reading →

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