destiny
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Another Prayer for Lent
Let me stretch imagination.Let me break the curve of time.Let me cut through bland conventionto the heart of the divine. Let me say the unexpected.Let me be what's on God's mind.Let me leap to reach the heavenI have faith is… Continue reading
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Heaven and Hell
I have dug this hole,you see,to hold my fears.Once filledI shall climb in,and thus surrounded,justify my cowardice,prejudice,self-absorption,self-loathing.I have dughell. I have built this hut,you see,to hold my hopes.Once furnishedI shall cross the threshold,and thus surrounded,know my courage,compassion,wisdom,wholeness.I have builtheaven. Text… Continue reading
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The Beginning
He saw her for the final time just after sunrise,when autumn's cool morningbetrayed the heat that would manifest by midday. She'd seemed uncharacteristically distracted–diverted from her typical high focus–as she lifted her broad-rimmed straw hatfrom the peg beside the kitchen… Continue reading
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The Legacy
"My dear, young man,"she began,gazing earnestly over her half-glasses,her heart aching for him,"the birthright is yours,yours to claim,yours to own.Even now the circle crumbles;once dissolved,all support ends." He sat in confusion:birthright? circle? support?Turning and turning his ball cap in his… Continue reading
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Baptism
This dove is drunk,having imbibed in spirits holy,less inebriated than ecstatic. No wonder she descendslike a pigeon seeking the bronze headof a long-forgotten herofrozen in the park. But this hero is flesh and blood,and emerges from the Jordandripping and slippery.… Continue reading
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What We Do
Cat laps cream. Dog chews bone. Dirk gnaws words. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading