Three Mountains

A poem from TWBTO Fall Journal

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I had the joy and honor of being published in Kimberly Phinney’s recent Fall journal titled To The Mountains. The Way Back to Ourselves is a light in the literary world (and beyond) that invites people into a “community where where our members can slow down, take a deep breath, and find the way back to who they were always meant to be.” I have experienced first-hand the joy of being a part of this community in some way, shape, or form. One of those ways is by contributing to this journal that is packed with gifted writers and storytellers. Here is my poem entitled, Three Mountains.

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Sinai,
that mount
pregnant with glory.
A stutter-tongued shepherd
met eternity in mundanity. Moses
hid his flame-kissed
face that would
soon mirror
Majesty.


Carmel,
that mount
singed with God-
fire. A petrified prophet
set sights on Sinai. Elijah,
the Baal-Slayer, prayed
for his own
death, yet
transcended.


Tabor,
that mount
on whose peak
Maker and matter met,
and sin-dimmed eyes beheld
Uncreated Light. The mighty Logos lifted
the glass-thin veil, revealing Reality. Jesus,
the Father’s well-pleasing eternal Son,
even now sets his transfigured
face toward our own
darkness and bears
our dreadful
Jerusalems.

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This poem was generated by the author’s human mind with zero AI / LLM involvement.