Tag Archives: self-hatred

Shape-shifting soul

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Some people compress it Some let it expand; Some people accept it just as it is Some only after distorting every possible bit © Meisaan Chan

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Break this death

Posted on October 5, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

My body fears me and I fear my body: Break this death, O Lord © Meissan Chan

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When hunger is one of the most important holies

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

You know you are starving and you know that God is food and is precisely in that next feared step: Take it! Follow the food! You are skin and bones! © Meisaan Chan

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Vigilance

Posted on October 26, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Be on guard for self-hatred that most toxic of poisons © Meisaan Chan  

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Protector

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes I thwart my own happiness and am the foil for my own plans; O Lord, hear me: place me in your eternal womb; protect me from myself and my potential harm © Meisaan Chan

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Your endless self-hatred can find an end

Posted on August 26, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Your endless self-hatred can find an end when you put down your images and take up my image for you, O beloved one © Meisaan Chan

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