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I stand on my hilltop

And gaze

At those very other hills

Yearning-blue and distant

Fringing the horizon

Silent, they call to me

Wordless, they make promises

Of those things undefined

That my soul has need of.

 

I should like to travel

Into that smoky-distant land

Till those far hills become

Green beneath my feet.

To claim their promises

And to look beyond

To see what further hills

And further promises

There may be.

 

Those hills, once visited

Would be the same as these:

Yet knowing that does not reduce their magic now,

And I would still wish to travel that direction.

They call to me.

They stir me deep

With hints of a fulfilment

Of needs yet undefined

That brood, unnamed but potent

Somewhere within.

 

I cannot travel to those hills today

My legs are tired

And there are duties to attend.

Life’s endless preoccupation

With the details of it’s own existence.

 

The far hills thus keep their distance

Their promises unclaimed

Yet still remaining:

And so preserving hope.

For, while the hills continue

And while my soul can still discern their call

And while I can yet be thrilled by their mere existence

Then someday I may still go

And seek, and see, and stand upon those hills!

Upon those heart-aching slopes.

 

And is this not  the whole of life?

To see beyond the here and now

And be stirred by visions - dreams – promises!

To believe in fulfilment

To trust in what we cannot fully see!

These hills of spirit

Are farther yet than earthly hills

Harder yet to visit

Life’s busyness a still greater barrier

To  that adventurous  journey.

But whi1e they still exist

And  while my heart can hear their call

And while I can still dream

And can still by dreams be thrilled….

Then  hope  abides!

The hills may yet be visited

I may be fulfilled,.

Lord,

Lord who first created dreams

Lord who first gave us vision

Lord, of your mercy

Keep my soul sensitive to that call

And my eyes alive to see that vision:

Let not the busyness or cynicism of this life

Take the hills promise from my heart.

 

 

 

 

 

October 1993
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