The 60-Second Sabbath

Dreams

  • Toward Wholeness

    There's a man withinwhom I've ignored,discounted;he's never been heard,never been asked to contribute.Perhaps I've feared himor believed him irrelevant. But now I'm intrigued:    Who is he?    What does he have to say?    What can he teach me? So I ask,    "Who are you?" He answers,    "I… Continue reading

  • Ristra

    These fresh peppers–fire-engine red and leather-supple,all youth and loudness–gather,jostling and laughing,enjoying the attention. They age,color mellowing to burgundy,skin stiffening. Relaxed now, they fall silent,awed by the heat building within,ready to release the firefor which they were bred. Young peppers flash;old… Continue reading

  • The Journey

    The unnamed destinationyou long formay, in fact,be the step you're taking now.  Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading

  • Writing Again

    My muse unleashed, unfettered,roams the grounds like a dog in heat,whimpering, whining, trotting from tree to tree,eager, alert, responding to every new sight, sound, scent,gathering sensations, collecting,distracted always but distilling everything. She returns at dusk,sweaty, tired, sated,flops beside me on… Continue reading

  • Self-Acceptance

    You can spend decadeswaiting to becomethe person you thinkyou ought to be,never satisfiedwith the person you are. Could it be, however,that you never becomesomeone you loveif you startas someone you don't? What ifnow,then,and at all points in betweenyou accept yourself… Continue reading

  • The Woman of the Woods

    She always says thingsI don't want to hear: "Your most signficant questsare always the hardest.Perseverancedemonstratesworthiness.Your destination will tasteall the sweeterfor the hardship." And with that,she pulled the hood of her cloak,back up over her graying hair,and disappeared among the pines.… Continue reading

  • The Greater Longing

    That thingyou desire(person or place or state of mind)–representsa truer, deeper desire. What we wantis but a glimmerof what we want. That person,that place,that state of mind–what is the greater longingwaiting beyond, within? Seek that. Text and image © 2013… Continue reading

  • Dream

    And as I dreamed,my skin dissolvedand I expanded,spread outward,a being of refracted lightsurrounded by beings of refracted light,no longer divided entitiesbut all part of a greater,    glittering,    interconnected whole. I knew my separate selfas illusion,and this wondrous, webbed oneness    as life, … Continue reading

  • Three Sorrows (Three Liberations)

    I.We mustheal the wounds of childhoodto find freedomfrom the constricting storieswritten there.  II.Wake up tomorrowno longer rememberingyour personal narrative,all its falsehoods forgotten:    "I'm too…"    "I can't…"        "I'll never be good enough to…"    "I'm this way because…"  What if… Continue reading

  • Real Hunger

    The starvingknow real hungeropens the tall doorsto the banquet hall.  Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading