~Hope~

I’ve been thinking

More lately

Looking out into

The shadowed

Rainy

Trees

Shimmering

Soft

And airy

Like summer

Coming to an end

How hope

Suddenly

Shimmers out

And you stop thinking

About it anymore

Two crows

Land on the tree

beside me

Rubbing their beaks

Against the bare tan branch

Jagged leaves blend jade

Into their charcoal feathers

And hanging moss

Unrelenting

Unmoving

The rain

Is haunting

And I wonder

why people

Don’t smile

Anymore

Whatever

makes you feel bad

there has to be a balance of something good

You have to venture alone into

This  unknown night

terrible and wonderful

at the same time

White roses line the way

you can't run from consequence


~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Drifting~

I’ve been missing

you lately

my

wheels

have been turning

backward

I don’t know where to look

I’m drifting

I feel like a stranger

In this unfamiliar place

all my shoes want to be worn

They feel brand  new

But they don’t shine

Like they used to

And it turns out

They’re mismatched

But they still shine

In my eyes

Everything

Is not  fresh

And crystalline

anymore

Like a lonely string of lights

That burn just long enough to see

Don’t be scared

Keep on climbing

even though

the ground shakes

To find your way down

My heart

Will always be yours

Even when I feel misplaced

These nights never seem to go to plan

You think you know

what you’re looking for

until it finds you
It’s never

Easy to

leave

My loneliness

Rattles

the windows

I don’t remember

why I was crying

Wasted tears

Of no consequence

We were coming alive

Lighters in the dark

But it turned out

We were short a spark

Your smile will shine

in my solitude of stars

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Ode of Coffee~

“When the whole world is on your case

I will offer you a warm embrace

To make you make you feel my love”-Bob Dylan

When the evening shadows

Grow long

and the stars appear

The coffee

Is the only thing

That keeps us warm

We have fallen

Down again

In this world

It is hard

To get it right

Happy is a heart

That still feels

Even if

It’s pain

I will dry your tears

You ain’t seen nothing like me yet

No doubt in my mind where you belong

We drunk coffee
and conversed away

the night
This is

Our

Reality

our consolation
it works for me

our tastebuds

smooth at its touched

tranced

hot velvet coffee honey hug

palpitating aroma

entices
Like dark secrets

Trembling breath

Like an echo

Falls in the silence

drips like the morning dew
trembling breath

Pan dulce

Tearing into

The sugary feathers

That melt

In your mouth

I smell

The heady

Innocence

Of lilies

Under a neon fire strawberry moon

You say it best when you nothing at all

Desolation

Calls

On the sky

tonight

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Time~

Clouded moon

In a crescent

Smiles

At us

And we can

Finally

Hear the

Silence

Ebb

and flow

The constant

Change

That always

Comes back

With the tide

A  sweater

You put on

At the first chill

Of reality

A hug

Like honey

The best songs

Are always sad

Because happiness

Is too personal

I will

Cover you

Like

Shadowed violets

Shy

And unsuspecting

Forgotten

Mismatched

shoes

Scattered

Memories

Time passes

It’s a heady

Thing

Looking for

The bright

Spot

In the sky

All experience

Is previous

Shimmering

Softly

Distant

Street lights

You’re the one

Thar made

Me wonder

Don’t blame

Me

For smelling

Smoke

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Sweater~

Sitting here at the table again
Pretending again
You don’t really what to do
But you know what you need, don’t you?

Heart pounding fast

At thoughts

Of the past

Frailty

And nothingness

That seemed

Tio matter too much

In the moment
The best solid plans

sometimes always last

There it is

Like a sweater

You put on

At the first chill

Of reality

Happiness is too specific

and personal.
I’m drawing a blank,

it’s getting to be that blank

time of night

just be real
You know what to do
Wake up and see

You are fearfully

And wonderfully

Made

Follow

The tracks

to the train


~Sarah Mahina Calvello~