Four Mountains in Fugue and Fine Art

by Allison Giles

Sunset Through Mist on the Mountains, by Allison Giles, multimedia with watercolor, pastel, and salvaged magazines

FOUR MOUNTAINS IN FUGUE

(Decrescendo and Crescendo)

Let me be like my Lord and Savior,

who ascending Mt. Tabor,

stood, sparkling,

knowing that everything from here on was

downhill to Jerusalem.

Fix my eyes, as I traverse

these hills and valleys,

on He who ascended to Golgotha

and, thereby

descending into the depths

will raise us, like him, again

to life.

For who can ascend the hill?

Fear not, oh thee of unclean hands

and impure heart, for the King of 

Glory, clean and pure, 

has ascended and

opened its gates so

we, too, can

ascend to the Father,

to one day

descend, sparkling

from 

from Mt. Zion,

like a bride beautifully dressed for 

her husband.

And I, too,

shall stand not far away—

to gaze, to long, or to mourn—

but—shimmering!—among

His conquering own.

ALLISON GILES

Allison is passionate about sharing the Gospel through art. She enjoys worship, dance, art, and writing that declares the glory of God. After serving in Ethiopia as missionaries for six and a half years, her family recently relocated to Nairobi, Kenya, where they will offer technical training as a means of discipleship, providing a way to make a living to nationals and the Ethiopian diaspora. Allison’s writings have appeared in The Way Back to Ourselves, The Clayjar Review, and Calla Press, and it is forthcoming in Vessels of Light.