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Seeing
The scales fell from his eyes,and for the first time he sawthe nothingness in their stare,the empty ache of their longing,the unbridgeable distance between their hearts;he knew no going back. The scales had beenboth curse and grace;the former he'd known;the… Continue reading
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Doing What We Can
I feel small today,sitting in the presence of Eboo Pateland a panel of volunteer participants,who have, it seems,done more to advance the cause of world peaceby the age of 30,than I will in my lifetime. But then I remind myselfof… Continue reading
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Insomnia
An insomniacafloat on a seaof unanswered e-mails and looming deadlines,sleep eludes me. I struggle to keep this burdensome cargofrom swamping my cockleshell of unsteady bravado. Text and image © 2011 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading