Author Archives: Kent DaVault

Brothers and sisters… cousins… what will you do? Can you just look clearly, without glasses or mirrors? I have eye salve if you will. I will open your eyes to really see juju. If you could see that it is … Continue reading →

Poor little one, no one knows your name. But I know it. I know how and when you were formed. I know the push it took to get you out. I know the cutting of the cord… little did you … Continue reading →

How many lovers have you had? How many times have you submitted to the rapist? Do you not know that I am jealous over you. Do not be swayed by baubles and gifts, high looks, curled lips. They only mean … Continue reading →

Why, why, why, you say. Never ending questions and frustrations. If I give you a millions pounds to carry, it’s too much for you to bear. In the same way, the answers will spawn more questions. Will the pot tell … Continue reading →

Up from the ashes. Up from the despair of ages… sacrifices made on hills and mountains… blood that cries out to me. I will bring justice and mercy. A new generation is present to receive your strength. Pass on your … Continue reading →

It’s an old story. Why do the heathen rage and imagine a vain thing? The kings of this earth rage, they think they can assail the throne, usurp power… yet they have no power. They are brought low, even below … Continue reading →

How do I love you, let me count the ways. I love your multitudes from many. I love your faces. I love your length, from hot to cold. I love your slender form, mountains and sea. Now, let me tell … Continue reading →

You abide alone, yet are surrounded. You eat alone, yet those around you wish to dine on you. You walk a dark alley, and wonder if you will be mugged. Because you are small, because you have little, I now … Continue reading →

In a tennis match, you can watch the ball batted back and forth, or you can be together with the one you came with. The match is a game, the one by your side is real. I said I would … Continue reading →

Hidden away for such a time as this. The little sister who now has breasts will emerge. The one without form emerges and is able to give suck. Who then will come to you for nourishment; Those sisters who have … Continue reading →

I hear the sound of Sarah, weeping. Will the sands on the sea, will the stars in the sky, will the covenant people under a new covenant give up their birthright of faith? Will a proclamation from the world render … Continue reading →

What are you doing now? Do you loll in the sun? Are there laurels and tranquility that you abide in? It is written, “A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands, and poverty will come upon … Continue reading →

How can I tell you about the rainy season? Yes, I tell you that a former and latter rainy season is upon you. Just as an understudy has waited in the wings for a long time and finally must appear … Continue reading →

Where will you go from me says the Lord? You cannot escape my love for you. I pursue, I woo, I cajole, I urge, I implore. If there is anything righteous I can do, I will not withhold. You have … Continue reading →