~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