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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
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Parable
"And lo,"he said,"the kingdom of Godis like unto a bride, who,in the whisper of an evening breeze,suffused with the saffron of a setting sun,lets drop her robe and stands naked before her beloved,and in that moment claims herself,and in that… Continue reading
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The Vacuum
Nature abhors a vacuum. When, on the cross,the darkening blood of Jesusspilled from its tubing,vacated his veins and arteries,escaped like rain,though wood-grained channels,onto and into the thirsty earth,what abhorred that emptiness,rushed to fill it? We did. Text and image ©… Continue reading
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What I’m Looking For
That thing you've been looking for?That feeling of completeness, the wholeness, that satisfaction that eludes you? Guess what!You already have it. You already arewhat you are looking for. Repeat after me:"I amwhat I am looking for." I amwhat… Continue reading
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When Have I Said Enough?
When have I said enough? When the bucket of insightscrapes across dry stonesat the bottom of the soul's well,is it time to stop dipping? After years of welcomingthat refreshing splash,anticipating the clear, cool newnessraised sloppily to the surface,running icy cold… Continue reading
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A Poem Rarely Finishes
A poem rarely finishes,because we rarely finish…or only finish once. Upon my deathmy poems will gatherand say(some with sadness,some with wonder,some with relief),"Well, that's it then.No more fiddling." They will go on with their livesin whatever state I've left them.… Continue reading
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Puzzle Piece
I am the missing pieceof a nearly completed puzzle.I've walked through hall after hall,stopped at table after table,scanned jigsaw after jigsawhoped for the possiblity of fitting in,and yet… Have you worked with a puzzle,struggling with a piece you know belongs… Continue reading