Grain of Salt

sometimes i think i hear the universe
speaking to me
in the hushed tones of a lover

everything will come in its own time

but in my experience with lovers
this is no reassurance

what begins in a whirl
of color and light peppered with
just the right amount of uncertainty
and anticipation
too often ends in a sour puddle of recrimination
and regret

when the words tumble from the sky
i look up knowing there are no guarantees
the good are too often punished
the innocent condemned to death

RC deWinter’s poetry is widely anthologized, notably in Uno: A Poetry Anthology (Xlibris, April 2002), New York City Haiku (Universe/NY Times, 2/2017), Cowboys & Cocktails (Brick Street Poetry, April 2019), Nature In The Now (Tiny Seed Press, 8/2019), Coffin Bell Two (Coffin Bell, March 2020), A Headrest for Your Soul (Other Worldly Women Press, June 2020), in print in 2River, Adelaide, Door Is A Jar, Event, Genre Urban Arts, Gravitas, Kansas City Voices, Meat For Tea: The Valley Review, The Minnesota Review, Night Picnic Journal, Prairie Schooner, Reality Break Press, and Southword among others and appears in numerous online literary journals.