~Escape~

It had frozen

into an opaque stillness
The watercolor

Leaves

Stained glass

Feathers

Fall

Making

The world

Marbled

Fading into browns and greens

Winding

Onto

One another

In a ribboned

hug

Shiver

With a fading wind

And morning dew

When the time comes

Escape

Our breath

Mingles

And hangs

In the air

In silver

Spirals

Fading

Too soon

Too vague

And disappearing

Too soon

Like

Your words

If you want to see the forest

you have to look past the trees

Learn

to hope

Again

This stone

World

Quiet

And crystalline

Seemed defaced

And all that's left

Is shadows

And a glowing nothingness

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~