Tag Archives: intimacy

Cannonballing again and again

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Who can plumb the limits of God? For hers is the eternal womb – do not think you can reach her end © Meisaan Chan

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If heaven is indeed the destination, then I do not want it

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

If heaven is indeed the destination, then I do not want it: I do not want a golden room with a little bed and a little hand towel – I did not come all this way for that – I want … Continue reading →

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In the early morn

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

In the early morn I wake before the others to lie awake with you, O God my love, my love © Meisaan Chan

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Awakening

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Dawn blushes upon the sight of her lover and her lover stretches to receive her; people wake up and go about their day while above and surrounding them, love and magic love and magic © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National … Continue reading →

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Filling the space

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Gold-gleaming church, silent and empty, rays of light making love to stained glass, ecstasy filling the space to overflowing © Meisaan Chan

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Your heart is a castle

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Your heart is a castle and I am the inner room I am every brick © Meisaan Chan (Photo Credit: Twisted Sifter)

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Before the fury of the day: The five-minute prayer

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

I have five minutes to love you as I wish and the rest of the day to love you as you wish © Meisaan Chan

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Nocturne

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Crickets lulling me to sleep A congregation of stars above my ceiling My hair, damp, twisted with moonlight: Love surrounds and surrounds and surrounds and when I least expect, penetrates © Meisaan Chan

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In gratitude

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

All the ways you love me! I give you my most costly gift: I unlock another door © Meisaan Chan

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One path of the feminine

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

allows God to pursue and then to woo and then she deliberates and weighs, and ponders, and tests and then she decides upon the yes and the yes and the yes and the yes, opening the gates of her garden; … Continue reading →

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