Three Mountains

by Noah Bartley

THREE MOUNTAINS

Sinai,

that mount

pregnant with glory.

A stutter-tongued shepherd

met eternity in mundanity. Moses

hid his flame-kissed

face that would

soon mirror

Majesty.

Carmel,

that mount

singed with God-

fire. A petrified prophet

set sights on Sinai. Elijah,

the Baal-Slayer, prayed

for his own

death, yet

transcended.

Tabor,

that mount

on whose peak

Maker and matter met,

and sin-dimmed eyes beheld

Uncreated Light. The mighty Logos lifted

the glass-thin veil, revealing Reality. Jesus,

the Father’s well-pleasing eternal Son,

even now sets his transfigured

face toward our own

darkness and bears

our dreadful

Jerusalems.

NOAH BARTLEY

Noah Bartley is a poet whose desire to showcase the wonder and glory of God through the medium of words. He lives in Chattanooga, TN, with his wife, Haley, their daughter, Lucy, and their dog, Ridge. Noah graduated from Bryan College in Dayton, TN, with a BA in Biblical Studies. It was primarily through the deep study of Scripture and the original languages that a love for words was fostered, which then flourished into writing poetry for the purpose of inviting others into the wonder of God.