Tag Archives: tenderness

All the ways you comfort me!

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

All the ways you comfort me! All the ways that words become hands and hands become sweet, soothing balm, all the ways word becomes flesh © Meisaan Chan

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The encounter

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Rain clouds, low, so close to the earth desirous of touch so I go out © Meisaan Chan

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I wake up in the night and you lull me back to sleep

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

I wake up in the night and you lull me back to sleep your tender touch upon my furrowed heart soothing, soothing, soothing © Meisaan Chan

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Summer solstice

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

At its zenith, the light bathes the earth, tender kisses upon the ground and upon the back of my hand nothing is untouched © Meisaan Chan

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Sometimes life doesn’t unfold according to plan

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes life doesn’t unfold according to plan as if it were one big origami crane slowly unwrapping, wanting to fly away from itself; in times like these, protect me from self-loathing, where I could so easily crumple it all up … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry | Tagged disappointment, failure, healing, hope, love, origami, persistence, resilience, suffering, tenderness | 3 Comments

As goes the flower, so goes the heart

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

The peonies unfurl from their tight, beautiful fists: feathered color, revealing the tender center © Meisaan Chan

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I don’t think that God is interested in punishment

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

I don’t think that God is interested in punishment any more than a punishing God is interested in love © Meisaan Chan

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Passive aggressiveness

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry | Tagged aggression, barbs, compassion, heart, tenderness, words | Leave a comment

When it is me against the raging world

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

When it is me against the raging world remind me: Little one, put down your sword for the battle’s been fought and already won head upon lap: peace: slumber © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry | Tagged battle, comfort, exhaustion, fight, hope, rest, sword, tenderness | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry | Tagged gentleness, heart, intimacy, journey, tenderness | 3 Comments