to the mountaintop

i found this poem that i never posted. it accompanied a painting that i made as part of my process of reflection after a trip to new orleans and jackson, mississippi in 2009.

there's something electric in the air today it has the energy of a revolution of truth & love

my eyes are open to things broken: to the battered lives bound by hurt and to the chains that lie in ruins around a life that has been redeemed

and you are calling me to the mountaintop

i run hard with all i have to meet you there

this is the journey you and i are on one day high laughing, living, rejoicing and all too quickly facedown struggling to regain what has been lost

the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in his wings

let's start a revolution against the forces that impede truth

let's start a revolution against unforgiveness

let's start a revolution against cycles of hurt passed on to others

let's start a revolution of hope.