fate

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Sometimes…

    Sometimes you're the Pac-Man. Sometimes you're the little, yellow dot. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.   Continue reading