MOUNT ARBEL IN THE MOONLIGHT
Israel Pilgrimage--2006
Traveling in the
tour bus from Tel Aviv
we arrive at
the base of Mount Arbel
before twilight
turns to dusk
The prudent
would
postpone this
venture
till
daybreak, but
the zealous
are rarely prudent
so seventy of
us
imprudent
zealous pilgrims
hastily begin
an uphill trek
dodging rocky
obstacles
Sprightly
pilgrim feet
shuffle,
sprint and stumble
up the mount
right to the
cliff edge
at the
pinnacle
The last
vestiges of twilight
reveal the
Galilee
flowing below
us, darkly
like a great
well of ink
Thousands of
twinkling pin-lights
emanate from
across the lake
…the city of
Tiberius
The full moon
makes shadows
of us all
as our guide
teaches
and our rabbi
ministers
We sing
O how we sing—
We are standing
on holy ground and we know
that there are angels all around…
and song
after song of praise
unconcerned
about hour or nightfall
Our
exhilarated spirits mellow
and we lapse
into solemn silence
except for muffled
adoration
by a few and
gentle weeping
by those
bearing weighty burdens
then one by
one
we make our
way
…sure-footedly
down the
steep, stony path
as God’s great
October orb
casts a holy
beacon
upon what
otherwise would be
a
treacherous, dark descent
Maude Carolan
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