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Falling
This feeling of falling through life–does everyone experience this? And when I near the bottom,will there be arms strong enoughto catch me? Will there be Someonewho wants to? Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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God Said to Me
From out of the cloud, God said to me,"I do not love the one you were.I do not love the one you are.I love the one you long to be." Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights… Continue reading
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Autumn Wind
Autumn wind,blow–strip the leaves from the trees,leaves crisp with deep color.Strip from our soulthe dry and brittle sorrows of the passing year. Autumn wind,blow–fallow the earth,prepare us for winter's cold and stilling layeringfor snow-shrouded stubble.Bring to our heartsthis welcome time… 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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For Bonnie
Somewhere in the city,this dark September morning,before light infuses the eastern sky,before the crows stir and lift and caw their way back into the day,someone I knowkeeps watch at the bedsideof her dying sister. This sister, the one hovering near… Continue reading
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Magic
I believe in magic,because I have known love. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Lily of the Valley
Oh, lily of the valley(a valley fraught with fears),you grow so purely fragiledrenched with the storm of tears. Your bells ring sweet and simple,hung from your towers of green,and promise of a futureof peace, as yet unseen. Oh, lily of… Continue reading
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The Call
Why do we focuson what divides us? Instead ask,"What is itin this other faiththat is admirableand reflects our shared values?" No one asks usto forsake what makes us unique;but God calls us (now, right now)to heal the worldthrough our commonalites.… Continue reading
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Changing the World
Will my photographschange the world? Yes,if just one imagemoves a single heartcloser to beauty,thoughtfulnessor wonder. Text and image © 2012 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Dreams of Dying
I have dreamt of dying. I've stood on a balcony,watching the leading edgeof a nuclear blastrush toward me over the rooftops…feeling unexpected elation. I've been shot,collapsed to the pavementand relaxed into the slow fadeas I watched life flow from my… Continue reading