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RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE
by ElizaBeth Whittington Nature photos by Molly McCormick
The sky is less clouded than my conscience
As I weave my way down hollow city streets
Steeples surround the city square Affixed with crucifixes
I peer at empty pews Smiling beneath stained glass But turn away Opting, instead of guilt, for grass Beneath my tired feet.
I pass over asphalt, across glittering gravel With liberating lightness I allow my feet to choose their path Each step moves broken rocks into Singing symphonies of forgotten songs Steeples of moss-covered cliffs adorn hallowed hills
Wearing regal robes of frosted sage And ochre flowers
Holy water drips down crooked crags While the wind whispers humbling hymns into my eager ear.
Thick carpeted aisles betwixt painted pews Are replaced by sequined quilts of autumn colors
Blanketing abounding breasts, pointing, with their aged beauty Into the azure blue sky.
Twisted branches of yucca plants hold Dried caskets of shaking seeds
Singing songs of rattler’s tails
When shook by blowing breeze
White moths flirt with fleeting winds
Whipping round my naked nape Why is it amongst these sun-dried mountains, I learn the meaning of escape? Trading broken glass for sun-dried grass Beneath blistered feet and dusty soles Leaving behind the battleground For salvation of sickened souls
I am hopeful and humbled By hopping grasshoppers and rust-red wild flowers
The vision of passing shadows
Over melded mountains melts into my memory For eternity
Forget the splintered steeples And their sunlit stained glass I have found my place of worship On a mountain pass.
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