~Violets~

Waking up

From a deep sleep

Like breakin through

The surface

Of a lake

Bubbles tickling

In their airy dance

Around me

It was easy

So easy

To unmask

The illusion

Some people

Create their own storms

And get mad

At the rain

Getting used to

Breaking and mending

A weaving dance

With no meaning

And no heart

I've been

On the edge

Of dreaming

In the heavy heat

You can cut

With a knife

It won’t slow you down

If you start

Listening

Stop,

don’t ever

promise

if you can’t deliver,

Because that

is my pet hate

The way I see it

is tough times call for two things,

a positive attitude

and someone to talk to

My guess

is that it’s pretty

much the same,

the important things

don’t change

Life's for living,

take the reins,

but no one said

it was easy
Were all

shrinking violets

at first

But a plan is only

a thing that makes

us feel we're in control

Is there a chance

you’ll change

your mind?
Or are we all

ashes in white

it’s warm

real

Bright

The world

has shifted

Now that

I’ve seen you
Sometimes good

intentions

don’t turn out so well
Just cause

I’m not

living the same

hand dealt to you

doesn’t make

me any less

than you

I know you

We have

Same eyes

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Ocean~

Why do problems

Seem so much

Bigger at night?

Silence

Dark shadows bounce

Some things

You don’t

Even tell

People you care about

Some things

Have their limits

The ocean

Breathes salty

We all

Need more

Vitamin C

See how

The waves

Roll and toll

Pushing against

Each other

In pleasant

Disagreement

The jasmine

Purple and translucent

In the moonlight

Alive

Alone

How big

It all

Is

Despite

The mess

and noise

Not many

people would

lift you up

by the hand

if they don’t

know you

link arms,

you want to

get to know

the people

who care
Like that

Inside out

And upside down

It’s good

To see you

looking so well

completely peaceful

How big

the world really is

an accident

waiting to happen
a piece of glass

left in a beach
Saltwater kisses

Empty crevices

Of ghosts

Dirty rain

A place

Where the wind

Calls

Your name

Deeper

I spin

Into

The chaos

Ivory Sand

Again my skin

I know

You won’t

Let me down

I’m already standing

On the ground

white rose
The doors you open
I just can't close
I miss you

More then

You know


~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Waiting~

Waiting

And open

In the sun

A white hot day

Lazy haze

Stars of lemon

Sign and fade

Trembling and stretching

In the broken shadows

You put

A sprig of jasmine

In my hair

Asking

If it’s ok

I said

Yes, I love

Flowers in my hair

I should

Have added

Even if it

A racist flower
To make you laugh
Confederate jasmine
Clean

Precise

You’re only

as older as you look,

I feel older than I look.

You said your mom

used to

put purple jasmine

under your pillow

so that you sleep

with perfumed moonlight

And happiness

I forgot

to tell you

my dad would

put purple roses

in my books,

To see me smile

the rose

was called Blue Girl
timid and graceful
impatient and twisting
in a trembling shadow
in the pale light

blushing and soft
tea roses
to warm up
our dark corners

fingers tremble
on velvet perfume
starry blooms
leaving a
periwinkle stain
violet and pale

no longer a wonderer
you have to really accept my flowers
you have to really see me
if you act like you belong
no one will question you

the Blue Girls
are violet and blue

sighing twinkling lights
you only want enough clarity
To trigger the vividness


~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Stars, version 2~

~Stars~

"When he tried change for the first time, he said come quick, I've    tasted the stars. Ya, I think were gonna need more of this. Coming up,   we've bottled all the stars for you."~The Fault in Our Stars

 that’s the thing about pain
 it demands to be felt
 Finally feeling
 the moment
 Opening eyes
 see the rise and fall
 of all the days

 so taste the stars
 with me
 feel the velvety brightness
 honey-thick
 on your tongue
 close your eyes
 and try not not to care
 for as long as you can

 if you want the rainbow
 you have to deal with the rain
 the good and bad times
 

the spread out sun on a pavement
and a cup of tea
is all I need this time

the stars
are our ugly and beautiful
memories
I’m seeing

Stars

by Sarah Mahina Calvello