Appeal

Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself"

- Desiderius Erasmus

I have to say

what I feel

Something

with appeal
To feel

Something

Again

I feel like

magenta,

all kinds of feelings

stumbling

over themselves.

You're not quite blue,

you're not yellow,

you're magenta


Thank you

for being

a friend

to walk down

this unknowing road

with me
Warming

My hands

I do like surprises
Spontaneity can be fun
Spanish carnations

Spicy and familiar

The streets aren’t

paved with gold

as far as I know
Appeal

To the

Senses

Don’t be

An Afterimage

Passing dreams

Doorway

After

Doorway

Standing

Alone

And crucial

In the

Hours

Between dawns

Lean in

looking inward

outward
Something

About the

Way you’re

Smiling

Before

And after

Like melting

Softness

Quiets the

Tingling

Night

Don’t fall

From me

this illusion

of some safety

to be found

This illusion

Of safety

That will

Never change

Afraid

That

It won’t

Remain

when we are loved

we are afraid

our words will not be heard
or welcomed
but when we are silent
we are still afraid

So

it is better to speak
I want you

To remember

Looking up

At me

Not looking

down

Just took

A moment

To see

Past that

Front door

Sometime it all gets a little too much

but the fog

will clear up

Just casting

Shadodows

Got so much

To lose

Let it

Scatter

On the ground

Feel like we are

Rolling through

the motions

everyday

Wanting

The unnamed

I know

What blank

Feels

like

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Afterglow

Lazy swaying

Colors

Layer

The night

Soft

And shivering

With thing’s

Unspoken

I've always loved

it here

the way the light

Dances

across the wall

afterglow

On honeyed

Wood

Don’t forget

to smell

Coffee

Again

Feel

The trembling

Petals

Of

The magnolia

Tree

I pass

Everyday

Curved

White

Pink

And

Swaying

Heavy

And heady

Lost

Voice

So long

a drop

of dew

that embraces a blade of grass

I will never give up

My evening rose

Look past

the rubble
that
tries to
define me

shiny
and surreal
this is our virtue
look into
your heart
Don’t

Hesitate

we'll start
the spark
the fire
climbs high
and hot

but I'll hold
onto
the light
that we have made
the truth
we cling to

The person

Who has fallen

Is me

We all have

This one life to live

A fleeting shadow

Soft

And seething

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Sweet disaster~

you should

show your eyes mores
they are pretty

Fingertips stained

Golden

with tumeric

Honey

Darkens

To the

Touch

curry juices

smells of burnt butter

And wildness,

Take my hand

without realizing it

What glitters

doesn’t make it gold

you’re so easy

to love

but hard

to hold,

Bitter

Sweet,

not many

people get to close

you’re a sweet

disaster
Here we go,

bringing

back

old tears

acting

like

i don't know

where this road will go

sitting on the edge

of the afternoon

again,

slow it down

and don’t walk out the door

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~