I shrink.
I shrink.
I am an acorn,
    a match head,
    the point of a pin.

Such monstrous courage,
    otherworldly focus,
    passionate commitment.

I am reading the lives of the saints,
how to be both simultaneously and fully
human,
and
an angel of creation,
    wisdom,
    humility,
    light,
    reconciliation,
    boldness unto death.

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