I have a friend
whom I want to be happy
with his simple, beautiful self.
I want him to sense his completeness
even when he is alone,
and to ease into that aloneness
and find joy and peace
in solitude.

There is nothing missing
in the essence of his isness.

He is entire without another.

He is not to be run from,
but to be embraced–
the embrace of one…

the astonishing, sufficient embrace of one.

Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.