The moment will come
when I move
from non-existence
to existence,
from pseudo-being
to true being,
from illusion
to life,
from the image of the Divine,
to Divinity.

What will I carry
into and through this transition?
A handful of longing?
A handbag of hope?

Perhaps only a heart
thoroughly emptied and cleansed,
prepared and ready.

Or perhaps nothing at all.

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