Krag Peak, view West, Eagle Cap Wilderness—a central mountain
of the South Wallowas with splendid views in all directions
at 2733 meters . . .
On the road in the Northwest of America.

CREDO (II)

For me, Religion begins at road's end, where the way
is too steep and too narrow for the orderly, systematic
logic of thought to follow, and the rigidity of belief easily
gives way to the more waterlike flexibility of the ever-possible.
Here, I seem to find the mystery of the abundantly new
and the unknown made manifest with each breath, with
each passing step, with each unexpected bend of a trail.

I light a match to a campfire, and see a timeless ring
of humanity before me; I step out of my tent in the middle
of the night and see a comet streak across a star-filled,
moonless sky and wish only for more such nights; I awake
to the distant sound of a bird I know I have never seen,
perhaps never will see, but recognize and cheerish its song,
sounding its long, silver-thin notes in a pure, effortless way
as if it were singing to all the mornings of the world.

I only ask myself, "Why can't I sing like that?"

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