How Like A Child We Become When We Are Truly Surprised
by Matt Stanley
What’s a salmon think
when a raptor swoops in
to snatch it into the sky?
When the talons’ sharp pinch
and the rush of the wind
bring a teaspoon of tears to its eyes?
In this moment of reflection,
as it glides above an ocean
it's only ever known from the inside,
does it think that it’s in heaven—
with the bells of angels ringing,
rising, like an eagle, to the light?
Matt Stanley is a poet and artist from Baltimore. His works were recently published in Grand Little Things, Down in the Dirt, and the Seraphic Review, and will appear in the next issue of Lyric Magazine.
