Take my hand;
    we stand, side-by-side,
looking into the Void.
    Can you move with me
into this Unknown?
    God waits there,
but we cannot fly forward
    if weighed down
with concepts,
    formulas,
thoughts,
    meanings,
attachments.

Abandon these.

Beyond them are solitude,
    aloneness,
Silence…
    everything you've desired, needed.

But you must let go–
    even of my hand.

Text and image © 2025 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.

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