Presence

By Ryan Keating

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You sit with me in the dark
at the table
where wine spills 
on my fingers
because I couldn’t see 
the glass or
the bread
torn for us to share

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Ryan Keating 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.

Ryan's other work on Foreshadow:
Jonah Moves (Poetry, September 2022)
Drarwing from Deep Wells: Ryan Keating and Pilgrimage (Interview, February 2023)
The Wine Remembers (Poetry, June 2023)