a trip to the desert 
barren 
dry 
heat reaching into 
marrow 
to live vertically 
looking up in virtual vision 
of the Other 
ready to leave behind 
aching trappings 
of layered life 
and then journey back 
to begin again 
new horizontal life 
arms outstretched 
to the world 
this 
this was pastoring not with words 
or gestures 
but with a very public human life 
showing 
the way and the Way 
for us 
and always
always 
with eyes that engage 
smile that warms
and hands that bless with a touch
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