~French Illusions~

I was chasing an illusion

I realized

That morning

When I got away

From my life

I found

A quiet

Corner

I was staring at a painting

Of dappled leaves

and a brick tower bridge

With a circled clock

White
Like a statue silhouette

On the back bridge

With still and sparkling water

I could feel the sunlight

warm wind

On my face

Probably smelling of clovers

And lavender

Heavy and hanging

In the air

Peaceful strawberry danish

and two large coffees

I closed my eyes

And I was there

Delicate

Icy snow

Jasmine

Makes me feel

Again

A deary world

Is made beautiful

Again

Far away

From

The city lights

Bells

Like warming

strangers

Hints of violets

Like a haunting

Refrain

Saying everything

Without

A sound

What

Are we

Waiting on?

You make me

Believe

In smiles

In the person

That I am

today

I was thinking

Of how many turns

We have to take

To get home

And wouldn’t it

Be easier

If we went straight

Above the trees

Every new beginning

Comes from

Some other

Beginning’s end

As the Dutch say,

Were not made

Of sugar

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Waves~

I ate

your stolen walnuts

I put them

In my pockets

and ate them

in solitude

guilt free

they were

sweet

and thick

ending with

bitter

I walk

a lonely

road

I feed birds

and read books

make bags of tea

to sweeten

the air

staring

into

your winding river

of sea-green eyes

tinted

yellow

like

a cat

sweet

as a sigh

how
would you know

not too late

what would you

do

If hands of time

ticked by

too fast

hey, pretty smile

release

the stress

don’t let it consume

you anymore

be one with

the waves

I dare you

to move

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Rain~

“If you light a lamp

for someone else,

It will also brighten your path

-Nichiren Daishpni

rain

magnifies

my

windows

and falls

crushed velvet

tingling

into nothing

eyes

that hide

a secret

by the way,

I forgot to mention

that your smile

is like moonlight

on a

dark

sky

keep smiling

lulluby

soft

touches

comfort me

I know were

only halfway

there

but you can

take me all the way

I don’t know where to stay

I’m just a little lost

but you

open my eyes

I know what that means now

to want

to give all my secrets

away

to sacrifice

the lit path

I had to find

shooting stars

on my skin

leaving me

with enough stardust

for life

come out from

the masquerade

call my name

look into my eyes

it’s where my demons hide

hey, pretty smile

love is easily

misunderstood

I agree

with you

like the color

of water

two sides

of the same

but still different

coins

• ~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Coffee Flowers~

“The flowers that smell the sweetest are shy and        

 lonely”-William Wordsworth

it was 

a rainy 

morning

the trees

were reaching 

and yawning

the smell of lilies 

was strong

and warmed

the cold

you came back

with a smile

in your bubbling eyes

you handed me a bag

inside it was full

of my favorite coffee

Mexican mocha’s in cans

the kind

of flowers

you know I would remember

and this gesture lit my heart

warmed the forgotten

corners

that are meant to be

hugged

sometimes

when

it all

too much

but the fog

will clear up

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~