HOLY STRANGENESS
(Luke 9:28-43)
On the mountain-top
to pray (and take in the view?)
free from daily crowds.
Numinous, awe-full,
descending, enveloping,
terrifying cloud.
Misunderstanding,
yet in this holy strangeness
hear a Godly word.
And so I ponder
my task of interpreting
this cosmic moment.
Jeff Shrowder, 2019