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White Egret

There it stood, 
the white egret—
scripture as animal
a saint’s skeleton
rising from the weeds.

It burst into flight. 

For the boy watching 
from the riverbank 
it was glorious.

He wanted to say 
something wonderful, 
but his profound thoughts
frittered away in 
the simple wisdom 
of wings annunciation. 

Soon, the egret was high,
almost into forgetting,
a flicker in a heap of cirrus.
a mote in the dawn light-

the dream of 
magnificent light 
in the ordinary morning.   

He remembered the Pastor’s words:
What you taste with abandon
even God cannot take from you.
(Hebrews 4:6)

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5 responses to “White Egret”

  1. Lia Avatar
    Lia

    Wow! Your poetry (and that quote from Hebrews) is wonderful.

  2. JONATHAN MOYA Avatar
    JONATHAN MOYA

    Thanks

  3. Lia Avatar
    Lia

    Ok.

  4. Lia Avatar
    Lia

    You are so welcome! 🙏💐

  5. flyingfrogs10 Avatar
    flyingfrogs10

    🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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