Tell no one

On the mountain top, a conspiracy:
Elijah, Moses, and Yeshua plotting
to overthrow sin and save the world.
Below the cloud line all is clear.
In the valley, people die, live, love,
and hate without once looking up.
Here on the mountain as thunder rolls in,
fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Tell no one, he says, until the deed is done.
Indeed, who would believe you?


#preparingforSundaywithpoetry for the last Sunday after the Epiphany and before Lent: Mark 9:2-9

Bonus Transfiguration poem: https://earthandaltarmag.com/posts/carrauntoohil

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About Rosalind C Hughes

Rosalind C Hughes is an Episcopal priest, poet, and author living near the shores of Lake Erie. After growing up in England and Wales, and living briefly in Singapore, she is now settled in Ohio. Rosalind is the author of A Family Like Mine: Biblical Stories of Love, Loss, and Longing , and Whom Shall I Fear? Urgent Questions for Christians in an Age of Violence, both from Upper Room Books. She loves the lake, misses the ocean, and is finally coming to terms with snow.
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