A poetry collection by RC deWinter, December 2019
RC deWinter’s poetry is anthologized in Uno: A Poetry Anthology (Verian Thomas, 2002), New York City Haiku (NY Times, 2017), Cowboys & Cocktails: Poetry from the True Grit Saloon (Brick Street Poetry, April 2019), Havik (Las Positas College, May 2019), Castabout Literature (Dantoin/Hilgart, June 2019), The Flickering Light (Scars Publications, June 2019), Pointed Circle (Portland Cascades Community College, June 2019) Nature In The Now (Tiny Seed Press, August 2019), in print in 2River, borrowed solace, Genre Urban Arts, Gravitas, In Parentheses, Meat For Tea: The Valley Review, Pink Panther Magazine, Southword 37 and appears in numerous online literary journals.
communion
let’s go my darling on a quiet walk to nowhere to everywhere
the world awaits no need for words
we’ll simply be together
in time in space in love
the world awaits no need for words
as we wander exploring the fierce beauty of this garden
in time in space in love
we’ll know the perfection of circles completed
as we wander exploring the fierce beauty of this garden
fingers entwined in love knots of forever
we’ll know the perfection of circles completed
in the silence of devotion
fingers entwined in love knots of forever
we’ll simply be together
in the silence of devotion
let’s go my darling on a quiet walk to nowhere to everywhere
without reservation
whenever
the house is
quiet i know where
you are in
the study on the settee
head in hands brooding
i watch you
silently from the
doorway you
probably
know i’m there
but make no acknowledgment
i don’t expect one
i know there
are things you cannot
share and would
not even
if you could you carry the
secrets of what lies
beneath the
frosting of the world
the darkness
of what we
call diplomacy but is
really something else
entirely
memories nothing
can erase
etched in your
brain your bones your very soul
for which there is no
forgiveness
so i offer none
but when you
come to me
wrapping me in the blanket
of your sorrow i
take the pain
and refashion it
with my lips
reminding
you i love everything that
makes you who you are
Sea Change
As you handed me your soul
you said, “I used to think
I would go to the sea.
Now I will run to you.”
You said, “I used to think
I’d always be alone –
now I will run to you,”
as you kissed my saltwater cheeks.
I’d always be alone
if not for you.
As you kissed my saltwater cheeks
I promised to be your ocean.
If not for you
I would go to the sea.
I promised to be your ocean
as you handed me your soul.
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