#Living Psalm 15_Tirabassi

God, who tents with you on the peak?

The one with pitons and crampons of justice,
who will rappel down in rescue
for kindness’ sake.

A trekker with old-fashioned compass 
looking like Bible or Tanakh, 
Quran, Tipitaka, Vedas, Agamas,
for those lost with only a cell phone,

a talker who also Signs,
and speaks the language of silence,

a back-packer who carries
love, trail mix, and sunscreen to share.

A seasoned hiker who does not mock
an ambitious eight-year-old,
who does not damage creation,
or take another’s campsite.

And, also, those 
who are activists against fracking,
against mountain-top removal mining,
but who serve city youth
that come to climb
and build their self-worth,
even when it slows the journey.

They do not try to own mountains,
or travel without permission
on sovereign tribal holy land,

but they find on the peaks 
a tent for shelter
and your perspective on the holy.