~bare~

sunshine

slowly cooling

I’m awake

but I feel like

I’m deep sleep

dreaming

I want to hold

onto

something real

this

Is me

with

my bare tree

exposed

my leaves

shaken off

along the way

really

see

The colors

hidden underneath

burning the

ground

the roots

need air

they curl

and unfurl

stay on

The moonlit side

your

not

there

but you are

excited

nervous

attention slides

over my

surface

too

many alone

busy people

around me

I’d rather light a candle

than curse the darkness

slow down, find the gap

the loveliness

of an ordinary moment

In the moment I’ll be with you

but it will be a different kind
the disease of the mind

is to set mind against mind


I break from the crowd
don’t tell me

I’m out of touch

with  your rampant chaos

your reality

treading

a line

it's just

discord

and rhyme

drinking

juices

and wine

you can’t

fight

the night

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~