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Ikon of the Harrowing of Hell
I want you back
Why are you hiding?
What made you run?
I see you,
you who are crouched in that squalid corner,
exhausted, scared, covered in dirt,
bewildered and confused at exactly how you got there.
All misery and shame are yours.
You think there’s no way back
but I am the way –
I’m the one who makes the ways!
And I will make a way back just for you.
I will work night and day to clear the paths
and not stop ‘til it is finished,
then I will come and crouch next to you in your corner,
point to the path I have made,
lift you in my strong arms
and carry you, drained and filthy as you are,
carry you all the way back home.
JK Rowbory
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You are my treasure,
my pearl beyond price.
I forsake all my riches,
my wealth in heaven,
to come and seek you out.
– JK Rowbory
Gerrit Van Hornthorst - The Adoration of the Children
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Tentatively toe-testing the waters
of the Rubicon,
nervously glancing around,
longing to linger on these safe, gentle banks;
dare you cross?
Twines of racing thought knot themselves
round your brain but
nothing ventured nothing gained so,
with a sharp intake of breath,
eyes tight shut, you place
that first irrevocable step.
Eyelids lifting
your feet plant one wet step after another,
waging war with your mind,
blocking its miasmous doubts
but letting your heart filter in –
allowing Hope and Possibility to lead you by the hand
and carry you trembling through.
– JK Rowbory
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