~Frequency~

your pretty
eyes dressed
to be real

feeling the
hunger
of the sky
tasty like
a raindrop
use me again

I know
that look
you'll be
with me
no matter
what they say

heaven is
a number
spinning me
around trying
to do
what's right

you make
my heart beat
like the
rain
in your waves
safety
and warm
to bind

I'll see
in time
I am
cornered
pushes and
pulls me
like a
cornered dog

all those
leafs fall
and flow
like embers
from burning trees

wake me up
when it's over
 my favorite
color is you
comfortable frequency
I'm gonna
make you
miss me
just look
over your
shoulder

I can't tell
where it
will end
but I know
where it
starts
but I didn't
know I
was lost
when shrinking
violets bloom

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Chains~

don't want
to break
the line
the rain
is soft
and warm
here
I like it
the only
thing
that makes
me feel
homesick sometimes
all I am
all I'll be
I can understand
why a
thousand sensations
unfolding
thoughtful and relaxing

living outside
emotions
torn by
change
only sometimes
when
you have time
to enjoy it

my heart
is a mess
thats my
only defense
but I keep on
keeping on
one foot
in front
of the other
I'd rather
live under
the stars

there are
shiny people
that have
everything and
then there
are people
like us
against the
tide I
got your
back
if you got
mine

feeling like
you can't change
your mind
we forget
we have
the key
to our chains

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Dreams~

sitting
black filligree
tables and shaded umbrellas
in the glistening sun
trying to
put it together

the clouds
swirl
like curling milk
around mango light

sparks floating
in my eyes
sipping on
fire
warm spiced
velvet slowly
falling

the skies
have a  burning light
something is
about to break
I hear my breath
in every
heartbeat
one step
closer to
finding
something

dreams
are slow
like lace
forever
taking you
where you
want to go
got to
keep believing
if you want
to know
for sure
heart to
beating heart

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Mystery~

to know
all unknowable
nature is
infinate splendor

you have to
look trough
the rain
to get to
the rainbow
you'll find it
when you stop
looking

spiraling down
when all is said and done
kick your shoes off
just run
I'll take
my chances
on the cards with you
push and pull
in this crazy life

I'm sorry
but I have to
roll the dice
on this one
there's something
about me
and coffee
you said

two and a half
moments ago
I feel through
the rabbit hole
with no
direction

I won't give
up the search
for the voice
in the hall
so careful
were holding on
when I'm in
your arms

you and me
we have time
even when
it seems
we don't
just have to
chose it
carefully

breathing in
the blackness
and the moonlight
with the green
a drop in the ocean
a change
in the weather
everything
is a mystery

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Ghost~

I lay
in the
long grass
bitter and sweet
don't look
down

so many
people pass
stars and waves
collide


willingness
you and me
if i trace
it will be lost
a ghost
far from
sight
running from
the cold
 
I lost
everything I
could lose
and the
storm breaks
waiting for
the feelings
to come

how can
I make
it stop
if I'm
nothing to
you

tucked in
shadows you
left behind
be careful
someday I
might be
someone new

the abyss
lost in
your heart
go on
haunt me

sitting on
the porch
watching rain
crystallize
the world
a bird
sleeping in
the wind

I want to
be found
the last card
you turn
over
is the
only one
that matters

the feeling
of it
exciting like
a drug
that hooks you
nowhere
becomes somewhere

I got lucky
here's to
another day
of outward
smiles
and inward
screams

you won't
open the door
even if
I open my heart
a less
ten
innocent
vacant
parallel sighs

a beautiful
soul
the night
broke
with electric
blue
in black glass
something
holding on
from the
passenger side

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~View~

pick your
diamond
pick your
pearl
there is
still beauty
in this world
breath
it in

feeling moonlight
roll across
your skin
it's just
that frame
of mind

it was
like walking
 arond in
a haze
suspended
in raindrops

eyes like
wishing wells
I'm still glowing
 how nice
it is
not to
think for
awhile
behind the
make-uo of
a fool

let your
hair fall
I know
something you don't
maybe
it's the
crazy I
miss

the best
memories
could be
the ones
we forget
I've never
met somebody
who talks
so much
and says
nothing

at the
same time
I could have
floated
there forever
maybe get
ready to
take you
to that
darkest place

to count
the stars
where the
cool grass
grows
morning slow
feels good
crystalized
that little
moment

from where
I'm standing
you can't beat the
view

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Sweet Nothing~

see you
there
if you
make
the list

the shoe
is on
the other
foot
let's go
find some
sugar

life seems
like a
big compromise
chaotic blur
there's got
to be more
then this jelous
of the rain
that falls
on your skin

pale sunshine
that touches
your face
you are my
constant
sweet nothing

choices can
diminish you
so be
careful
you never know
when time
stops hanging
out in
the sky

the moon
will always
be there
and never
give up
on me

time just
keeps unwinding
on me
the days
sway by

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Treading~

"Nothing is impossible.
The world itself say's I'm possible"-Audrey Hepburn

in spite
of the ache
free falling
into nothing
but everything

caught up
by the wind
it dances
suspended and airy

binoculars
help me
to see thing's
closer even
though their
not far away

a red moon
up in the sky
don't take
anything for
granted

turn up
the sight
of you
the light
always fights
the shadows

I have
this thing
about how
the sunlight
touches the
carpet in
the afternoon

if were
going to go
lets go
the words
cry out
of my
mouth

you know
it sounds
strange
part of
being kind
is letting
the other person
know you've
been kind

treading a
fine line
that's my
speciality
finding the
best piece
in the jigsaw
puzzle
of life

relax,
there's no
use in
being on edge
all the time
come on now,
you have
to shake it

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Gentle Irony~

I can't
imagine
life without
breatless moments
breaking me
down
the last moment
is usually
the important one

and your
soft eyes 
all that you are
is fine
with me

we're not
broken
just cracked
a little
hold every
memory as
you go
down the road

love is
the easy bit
come home
to a cup of tea
and gentle irony

hey listen
life is a commitment
somethimes you need
to make commitments

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Dreams~

the skies
have a
burning light
something is
about to break

I guess
it's about
timing and
the other
part has
to be luck

dreams will
scatter like
leaves in
the end
falling apart
then together
again

don't let go
waiting for
something
but it's just now
the rain
everyday
heavy and beautiful
a start
to something real

it's hard
to change
the way
you loose
if you don't
think you've
ever won

~Sarah  Mahina Calvello~

~Between Dreams~

the giant
soft seat
of the universe
that contains
everything
were going
down
count me in

I jumped
high enough
I touched
the clouds
I howled
at the
moon with you

afraid of
the dense undercover
safe and warm
fascinating to me
disappearing somewhere
in the middle

confusing chaos
the space
between dreams
this little glow
this little flicker

the stars
look differently
the butterfly effect
I gasp for air
your choices
make you
turn it
upside down 
just try
not to
fly too close
to the sun

it still
gets made
what's on
the other side
of the door
is everything

trying to
grasp at
anything
such a
confusing distraction

abstract
buut I don't
need to be
helped really
balancing on
tectonic plates

I don't know
what else I can say
about that
I think I''m tapped

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Eeyore~

rise like
smoke and fall
as your shadow
passes mine
time
preserved,
liquid
trapped in amber

waiting to
be free
from concern
even if
the stars collide
the tables
have turned

so beautiful,
so broken
even every lie
turns into
a memory

looking back
it was
too black and white
use my head
with my heart
every waking
moment a
epiphany


i won't
give up
so stay
the hell
out of
my way

don't worry, Eeyore,
we'll find
your tail
it's not
much of
a tail
but I'm attached
to it

when you
compromise and fail
it really hurts
spring was
never waiting
for us

between the
pages never
knowing
what could
have been
I would
have loved
your smile

but still
I won't be drowned
in the abyss
my eyes
are wide
open and
I'm ready to
listen

we've come a
long way
just on
different
paths

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Changing~

this
shattered dream
can't  justify
anymore
nobody
is going
to hand you
a ladder
if you want

if you want
it bad enough
you have to
build your own
take a chance
dreams live
a different way

sometimes I push
myseelf too hard
when I want
to get back to the
person
I wan to be

fake it
until
you make it
it's just
the changing
of the seasons

these four walls
are getting
smaller
a jumbled puzzle
sometimes you
have to
do the hard thing
to get
where
you want to be
to see
what's in front
of your eyes

Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Cafe Birds~

coffee mixes
with brown
sugar milk
whirring and blurring
into an
uncharted map
smooth and fragrant

brown black
birds come
to my table
eating some
of my breakfast scone
from my
upturned hand
one bird
flew at
my cheek
lingering
wings touching
my face
airy and transparent

amber light
leaves you hopeful
Snow White
and the woman
from Mary Poppins
feeding the pigeons 
Tuppence for sale

the only
way out 
is up
a secret chuclke
as a stray bird
shook the 
paper bag
trying to 
get one
more crumb

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~ 

~_Patial~

you got me
pumpkin spice
coffee
licking off
burning cinnamon
from my lips

you asked me
if I was hungry
I said a little
shy grin
and you
broke off
a piece of
your baggette
and handed it
to me

you make me nervous
I don't know why
you always smile
and still smiling
smiling back away

laughter
upturned smile
if you're
partial to
the moon
take the
stars to
the spiral case
winding down
to the beginning

you keep
worrying
I will fall
don't want
to perfume
regret
nothing holding
me back

~Sarah Mahina Calvelllo~

~Waterfall~

under a
blanket of blue
it would be tragic
if you
weren't here

breeze
drifting on by
the sky broke
like an egg
electric blue
icy and angry
surrounds me
like a waterfall
I feel
so close
to you

white and blue
stars in
your eyes
it's a new day

a smile
just listen
faces soften

I don't think
I can look
at this
the same

butterfly
you get lost
and chase
your dreams
no matter
what
we're going to
start from
whaerever we are

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Filligree~

your day
is pretty
much formed
by how you spend
your first hour
check it all
at the door

you can't change
how people
treat you
or what
they say
all you
can do
is change
how you
react
to it

sitting here
hands warmed
around my
chipped coffee
mug
soulful and quiet
in the pale
cold sun
black
filligree chairs
where I carve
the memory
of you
sweet relief
of a sigh

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Wild~

a hopeful
coin
night time medicine
I have outgrown
something with no
name or
direction

exciting and wild
dandelions in
the moonlight
when I
close my eyes
honey and shortbread
don't let
anyone tell you
you're just
a weed

never be
ashamed of
a scar
it just means
you were stronger
then whatever
tried to
hurt you

shed the past
like snake skin
layers upon layers
of unkept
misplaced desire

wild cherry
roses
growing to
swaying to
golden light
make peace
with your
broken pieces

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Closer~

don't forget
to count yourself in
when you think of
beautiful things
now I'm feeling
you breathing slow

you got
me feeling
some way
butterflies
all having fun
I'm feeling
your thunder
your storm is
getting closer

vibrating underneath
your skin
we're so
different
will it be
enough to
be whole

angry icy
sky
determined and
electric
bittersweet honey
with beautiful lies

when you
pulled out your
heart
I swore
I wouldn't waste it

seeth
switching sides
wildfire lies
but still
the look
in your
eyrs

delicate malice
i'm tired
of fighting
follow my
winding hallls

it's a
great pleasure
to deceive
the deveiver

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~