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On the Loss of a Friend
I take stockof sadness. How is itmeasured? At timesit fills this chipped cup. At timesit fills the sea. Text and image © 2013 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Year of Sorrow
This the year of repeat sorrow;grief has ploughed a long, deep furrow,through the center of my soul. When again will I feel whole?Seeds are planted, yet no yield.Who attends this fallow field? Patience, heart, the Farmer works,waters, feeds and care… Continue reading
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Water of Life
follow with methis rainbow that leadsto the mountain of dreams worth the schlep at the end of that arcwaits a swimming hole;we bathe therein the holy water of life that for which you thirst…eternally quenched Text and image © 2012… Continue reading
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The Edges of This World
The edges of this worldare often slippery and unstable;I lose my balanceand fall within…to the voice of God,the sound of the thinnest silence. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Sanctuary
There is no sanctuarywithout virtue. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Tired
He speaks of tiredness–the weariness of the one long oppressed,whose limits have been reached,ready to snap,left with one resource–retaliation. He speaks of tiredness–the weariness of one so tightly rightthat any lapse of strengthis to admit incorrectness and failed idealism–implosion. He speaks… Continue reading
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El Shaddai
A choice today:ally yourself with hopeor with despair. On the back stoop of your lifewait two buckets–one filled with cat crapscooped from your heart's litter box,and the other filled with milk and creamfresh-squeezed from the aching udders of God. Why… Continue reading