~Flames~

Sometimes strained

Stretched,

but never cut

Sweet

Like sandalwood

Like a memory

You can’t tell

what twists

and turns

your life

will take

can you?

only the good

ones from now on
You all stumble,

but you have

to know what

to reach out with

You were

in freefall,

Expecting me

to catch you

Don’t look back, baby

don’t look back now
You think

you were

flying

all the while

you were falling

faster than a stone

In everyone’s life

there are

stumbles and falls

If you’re lucky,

there will be

Someone

to catch you,

pick you up,

give you a rub

help you get back

on your feet

Sometimes

you fall,

and no one

comes running

Doors open

where is it

going to lead
I don’t know

what’s scarier,

naked emotion

or naked truth

We worked

on a lot of doors

most times

we didn’t know

where they were headed

My heads

in a bit of a spin
Don’t you love

those mornings

laying in bed

listening to

the rain

outside

all cozy

in your cocoon

and everything

is right with the world

Dark eyes

burning

the know
What else

Is there to know

Those who

have been

broken can

become an expert

at mending

You got a new spell,

thats whats going on

I Hear you laugh

and the lonesome

sparrow sings,

pick up

your breadcrumb sins

You woke up

my neighborhood
Wild place,

as I recollect,

hard to forget

As Maya Angelou said,

"When someone

shows you who they are,

believe them."

Only divides

light from dark,

chose a side

or don’t cross

I’ll embrace

your company

as long

as I have it

It remains

behind our eyes

a memory

Another day

in the path

I fear to tread

Nobody can

tell you

there is a road

you take by yourself
When I’m searching

for the brightest star,

there you are
into the sea

of waking dreams

I’ll plunge
Close your eyes, dear
Chasing the past

I stumbled onto the future

People get

so caught up

in the rat race,

Pretending they’re not
Enjoy what’s right

in front of you

before you acclimate

to the beauty

You don’t want

to stumble over

your first hurdle
I guess that’s

the downside

of having it all,

Sometimes

you end up with nothing

Whatever makes

you sit up

and rattle your cage

that’s where you put your focus

Angel at my table,

my cage had been rattled

The future

accumulates like oh, wait, the past
Build a bridge, move on

Flowers

a save to our senses
Don’t get caught

up in your own storm
You’re the one

Thar could mirror

The sky with flames

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~