An Egret Flying Over A Lagoon

An Egret Flying Over A Lagoon

Ryan Keating

The tip of her wing touches 
the reflection of her shadow
on the water like Michelangelo’s finger
reaching toward Adam,
darker than her self,
and more real 
than her feathers
or these words,
broken and hovering
over the deep.

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Ryan Keating
Poet & Pastor

Ryan is a writer, pastor, and winemaker on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. His work can be found in publications such as Saint Katherine Review, Ekstasis Magazine, Amethyst Review, Macrina Magazine, Fathom, Dreich, Vocivia, and Miras Dergi, where he is a regular contributor in English and Turkish.

Photography by Joshua Fuller