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Friday, August 25, 2023

Brimming with God

In stillness,
    in silence,
        I empty myself.

No, it is more like this:
    in this gift of stillness, of silence
        I am emptied,

a divine hand,
    tipping the glass of me,
        a welcome libation,
            pouring forth ego, illusion, separation.

In stillness, in silence--
    empty--
        I await the filling.

God fills me.
    I brim with God
        and all is God.

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­­ Text and image © 2023 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.
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