~Icy Violets~

Icy Violets

by Sarah Mahina Calvello

icy violets
soft
and sugar dusted
can't catch a watery breath
in the calculated chaos
from your burning lungs

but the water takes me away
hold me 
safe
gentle
in the swirls
of motion

to islands
of icy sunlight
where I can finally breathe
where heroes finally dare
to recognize the promise
of small kindnesses
the lit shadows of birds rise again

I merely cleared

the branches

so you could see the path
a few startling moments
is worth watchng

still the fantasy

cracked

just a little