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Thursday Prayer
Good morning, Creator: Take pity on me, I pray,that today the disorienting winds of rearrangement won't leave me again upside-down in the bushes,but instead may speed me further toward tomorrows cupping contentment. Amen. Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All… Continue reading
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Dreaming
At night they come to me–my sister or my father,my mother or her mother–mutually recognizingthat they have diedand that we have,for whatever reason,been given a few more minutes together. Sometimes,I ask questions,because I need to know,to understandmyself. Sometimesit is enough… Continue reading
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God Undefined
Give me a Godwho's a little bit odd, who strays a bit south of convention,a God made of partsof old broken hearts, a God of unnerving invention. I want the Divineto stray from the line and shrug off our tight expectation,a… Continue reading
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Sophia, Once Again
"Sweetie," she said,"these things aren't happening to you,they're happening for you.There's a big difference." My blank lookmust have communicated my confusion. She patted me on the knee."You just sit with thatwhile I get us some tea." Text and image © 2014… Continue reading
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Fashion Week
Along the spare runwayskinny, slack-faced models slouch,whose bodies movebut faces do not. When did the lack of feelingbecome sexy? When did boredom(or is it death)become beauty? Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Releasing
So many questions,so few answers,so little needto stress about either. Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Dismissal
Give me a balcony(somewhere on the East coast of Mexico),air scented with hidden hyacinth(sweet, exotic, sensual),a waning moon and the evening's first star(just freed from the hazy horizon),and a fresh-pressed volume of poetry(Rumi? Oliver? Collins?). You may leave now. Text… Continue reading
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Circles
Within your heartspins a circle of longing,an emptinessaching to be filled. It frightens you;what if you brave this nothingnessand disappear? But how can you not enteryour place of Ultimate Yearning? Welcome the Mysteryyou were created to embrace. Text and image ©… Continue reading
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Dark Chocolate
The bitter cuts the sweet,yields the richest, most satisyfing experienceon the tongue. So like life. Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved. Continue reading
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Seeing Good
Today,right now,make the decisionto see the good around you: beauty, kindness, color, play, love, diversity, possibilities. Observe the goodfor just 15 minutesand you will be calmer, more focused, more creative, … Continue reading