~Aching~

A smile

With good

Intentions

Like an apple

Peaking out

From the tree

secrets

Within secrets

Curling up

Like ring

In a tree truck

Crossing lines

I don’t know

What else there is

To find

Being content

With loneliness

Is a lie

Sweet grass

Stumbles

Through the haze

Unexpected surprises

Misty meandering

Hand in hand

To hold

Onto

Take some

Of this weight

But don’t

Let me fall

Marbled eucalyptus

Stars fall

at my feet

Beneath the

sand and stone

I’ll make it

on my own

Red wine

Hearts beating

In time

Nothing ventured

Nothing gained

In the end,

The aching’s

All the same

Looking up

At the web

of sunlit leaves

You tease me

Ask if that’s

the only way

i get my sun

And laugh

you know

I get thirsty

for the outside

a caged bird

in this empty room

Lay your head on me

I'll love you

Until that sun dies

Our skin

Combined

Would be so

Translucent

The only way

To know

Is too fully

Let go

Burn bridges

To get perspective

Some days

I just need

a little sunshine

A little love

to find a way

I just need

the right person

To say

that everything’s ok

Help me

get through

This messy life

I made for myself

Reassemble

My heart

Back to

Believing

I’ve been

holding back

For fear

you changed

your mind

Counting stars

passing cars

The chaos,

the world

keeps spinning

It’s all

the same

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~