~Sparrows~

I'm a
subscription
available
for renewal
but I
won't follow
the lines

the stars
burn I
love that
moment, that
wow moment,
those matter

this highway
dream will
eventually come
true
but right now,
it's only
memories from auctioneers
some kind
of empty feeling

gravel roads
and promises
I hear
you laugh

sparrows sing
lonely leaving
breadcrumb trails

I say
what I
need to,
when it's
not enough

chasing the
past I
stumble onto
the future

there is
a road
you take
by yourself
apples shine
fall and rubies

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

in this
with you
together
just pull back let it hsppen

~Wonder~

I'm trying
to see
the stars fade in
the morning
crushed velvet
in the
quiet corners
of favorite moments

what's the
point of
falling grace?
just don't
turn away

clouds will
always cloud
my view
if you don't
let go
you'll never
know can't
stand in
the rain
and stay dry

I'm waiting
for my 
breakthrough
my heartbeat
caught up
in the
in between
perfect in
the inperfection

heart falls
and beats
like fire
and rainfall
at the
same time

remember
I'm the
one you
keep your
stories for
 glass houses
throw no
stones
truth matters
but not
if no one
chooses to
believe it

I won't
go along
to get
along
look at
my backbone

there is
always wonder

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Discarded~

"A dream is what makes people
 love even when it's painful,"-Theodore Zevin

the line
keeps moving
and I
keep stepping
over let's
call it
a spade
and be done
with it

not knowing
keeps a
healthy distance
I like
a name
with a
long constant 
untouchable grinning
like a dolphin

through coffee
stained teeth
love is
for the
discarded

sometimes it's
better to
let go
then to
have it
drag you
under then
to have
it drag
you under

touching skin
these new
tricks new
sensations

there is
always going
to be
sunshine always
always going
to be rain

tangled fan
of leaves
lead to
your heart

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Hope~

colliding things
on a wreaking ball
some things
we build
have to
fall

in this
madness where
is the
true method?
that first sput
of hope

hope is
like the sun
if you
believe in it
you'll see it

let the
past die
kill it
if you
have to
thats the
only way
you'll be
what your
meant to be

what life
is made of
saved by
the peverbial bell
enoug is enough

I want
some kind of
fairytail bliss
the kind
you don't want
to miss

the sun
feels really
good today

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Charade~

darn that
brick wall
we keep
coming up against

all we
can do
is plant
the seeds
who knows
what kind of flowers
will bloom

walking on
a wire
trying to
get higher
in this
colorful charade
hollow bones
of a birds
feather
sugar lines
that keep
the light
inside

summer rain
kisses on
your face
tenderly lingering
I don't know
what I
believe but
I have to
believe in something

so close
and illuminating
I can
almost taste
it everybody
needs time
to get
their head together

I believe
in the light
not the
shadows

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Lines~

no shame
no regret
refusing to
follow the
lines I
was told
I had
to follow

a new cafe
calm sunlight
can I
borrow your
brown sugaar?
with a
crooked smile
she laughs
your in
trouble

a painting
a masterpiece
of heart
takes more
then sinew

teasing long
grasses just
out of reach
of your touch
 cattails
gravity and soft
in the
pale cold
sunshine nothing
good comes easy

how beautiful
and frayed
it all it

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Caffiene Dreams~

I watch
the hay
sun sink
into liquid
gold trees
a secret
smile warms
you like
a bottle
of wine

turn the
page on
the word
if you
can't sleep
there is
a light
going around
if you
can't see

change your
story don't
fall into
endless at
least I
think I
know when
it's a
dream

it's not
easy to
be someone
but then
in time
it does

don't let
it hang
about highs
turn to
lows just
another misunderstanding
about what
you see

your closed
eyes it won't
take anything
but a
moment
swaying trees
washed down
with caffeine
dreams

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Pages~

I marked
where I
stood on
a blank
page to
write on

when life
is filling
up sometimes
the only
thing you
can do
is flip
the page

I run
on too
many pages
pray to
be dust upon
the canvas
 I won't
get caught
up in
my own storm
I hope

a diamond
in  the
background
of everyday
chaos guarding
my heart
fantasies
are only
fantasies

I don't
want to
stumble
first hurdle
oceans of
space pilling
me in

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Symmetry 2~

it seems
like yesterday
caught up
in the twirl
and whirl
of passing days

help me
to see
clearer something
that stayed
familiar trees
that stood
the sides
reflected never
too late

I don't
want you
to leave
give me
a word
you can
keep no
shelter
no ground

lost in
sunlight, in
twilight on
a wave
of euphoria
my eyes
are telescopes

time slowly
winds down
the suitcase of
memories lost
in silence
longing for
a place
to stay
wondering
streetlight strangers

there's something
different in
the way
you smile
behind the
sparkle you
hide

like electricity
don't you
hear me
calling you
home shoots
up trough
stormy sky

traffic is
stuck you're
not going
anywhere but
the sky
isn't falling
so at
least that's
something

memories strong
enough to
creep on
on
drive me
wild

moments of
dissaray pocketful
of coins
lighthouses aren't
meant to
draw attention
to themselves
they're meant
to shine

jade fields
turn gold
free falling
voices like
icicles, crused flowers
hard candies
sweaters left
my secrets
for safe keeing

the match
got struck
once but
it got struck
twice by
you I'll
pick it
up someday

my worlds not
gone just
misplaced thinking
of you
from time
to time

clouds rolling
high in
the sapphire
sky cracks
start to
appear on
the surface of
what I
thought was
real

I like
symmetry
comfy blankets in
the cold
 I need
a star
to follow
I could
really use
a melody
so many roads
to chose
from
I'll bw  your shelter
every other
memory

were bound
to outrun
what tails us

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Symmetry, revised~

rain flutters
on the
window  outside
black fillagre
lines hugging
curves

bring me
back the
hope we
found
that day
seems too
far away

to spin
the world
the other way
would be
too easy

you broke
like wateer
then
you broke
like waves
wishful,  warm

I know
your heart
needs too
flutter too
I understand
breath and open
these moments
that start
the fire
make the sparks
climb higher

brought me
to my senses
I'm done
spinning my
wheels my
heart dragging
on the ground

I'm a
little closer
I think
you know
my eyes
are what
I don't
want to take
off of you

so far
from dreams
spinning sounds
there's nothing
more to
let go of

the corners
I sit on
when I
walk home
in therain
makes me
feel special
the star
I used
to wish on

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Little Moments, revised

Little Moments

dreams
dancing in and out
of dreams
I'll be
alright

a neon moon
velvet sweet
burning
trapped in the past
for too long

I've lived in this place
time to move on
it'll never allow me
to change

in the
icy sky
a whirling dervish
no one
is really alone

I'll keep
you warm
like a sweater
I had to
lose to
find out
so many roads

you don't know
where you've been
a coin
tossed into
a wishing fountain
I live for
little moments

change is

water falling

and rising

back up again
the slow tick
of our
antique clock

Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Time~

time is
too slow
for those
who wait
trying to
grasp the
veins of
light

lighting up
the corners
of the
aproaching day
what does
alone really
mean sipping
my coffee
in the
shadows always
seeming to
be waiting
for the
light

the noise
in the
quiet cold
burnt leaves
and heather

time to
trust in
hushed magic
of new
beginnings the
rustling of
pages
newspaper dreams
pulls and
gravitates change

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Reach~

Reach for

The clouds

It’s about

letting go

of things

before it

breaks you

I’ll be

Around

When you

Need me

To me

I’ll hold you

In the quiet

That climbs

Vine that

Curls and loosens

In the voice

Of twilight

Tomorrow

and tomorrow

creeps in

at this

steady pace

nothing to

rearrange

sometimes

you just need

a change

the sunlight

hangs in

shadows without

a trace of

what used

to be

the rise

and fall

of it all

Absorb It

like the

best scoop

of ice cream

you ever

had

lingering and laughing

on your

Tongue

Secrets

And bells

Coming up

With the sunrise

I wear

My heart

On my

unraveled sleeve

No one

is perfect

everyone is

cracked but

it is

the cracks

that let the light

shine through,

it’s just

another stretch

of time

Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Change Revised~

if you
show me
the road
I will
find my own
another day
is gone
take the
chance before
it changes
with the
seasoned wind

I watch
the hazy sun
sink into
liquid gold
there's a
secret smile
warms tenderly
blows my
mind like
a bottle of wine

breathing in
the light
trying to
find the
other side

a flower
on the
pavement rising
from the ground
always laughing
but afraid
we've overstayed

all the
beautiful scars
words, spaces in between
the silences
come flood
this place

the atmosphere
load and clear
the river
never really
changes direction

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Road~

if you
show me
the road
I will
find my own
another day
is gone
take the
chance before
it changes
with the
seasoned wind

I watch
the hazy sun
sink into
liquid gold
there's a
secret smile
warms tenderly
blows my
mind like
a bottle of wine

breathing in
the light
trying to
find the
other side

a flower
on the
pavement rising
from the ground
always laughing
but afraid
we've overstayed

all the
beautiful scars
words, spaces in between
the silences
come flood
this place

the atmosphere
load and clear
the river
never really
changes direction

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Roses~

blue skies
ahead blue
blanket
of cellophane
just to
contemplate it
all going
doing funny
how feelings
hang around

lets make
this dream
when were
half-awake
true words
when I
have nothing
left to
say

I think
I see you
smiling out at
me through
the light
on the lonely sidewalk

I wish
I knew what
I was doing
in the
dark, drift
away take
me so
you can stay

you're fingertips
take my
skin somewhere
it's never been

empty coffee cups
nuetral caffiene
on a cafe's
pavement a dog's
forgotten water
bowl with
shimmering water

this is how
the world
works
sink or
swim
on a
empty shore

you have
to leave
before you
get left
don't hang
me out
to dry

laughing
all of
the time
stop and
smell the
roses
~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Shield~

you got
the angles
and the
saints
come on
drive me wild
heart that
beat together

lets just
go with
the connection
you're only
brave in
isolated moonlight

I'm here
without a
shield but I can't
go back
I feel
lonely enough

now you
don't know
the sadness
of this place
don't even
know
what I'm still
fighting for

so give
me back
my sanity
in this
place of
imaginary grace
but it's
getting better

tangled up
in this
disconnected mat
that I
thought was
supposed to
cover me

to pave
the way
stay strong
when nothing's right
you stay
on my mind
slows sown
time like
walking though
a watery
dream

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Firepoof~

It's hard
to believe
in yourself
when no one
else does

thing's were
all good
yesterday paint it
with a pen

stars are
exploding
but then
again were
fireproof
bathing in
a strange
glow
praying for
changing

I know
you're real
and they
need to
know that too

if you
move fast
enough you
might catch up

but you
know it
doesn't work
like that
trying to
make it
better
piece by
piece sun
is blinding

but nothing
can touch
me anymore
I won't
fill the
silences

come back
soon, always
the paved
gray road
is cuddled
by new green
like watery paint

rolling down
the open road
dappled sunlight
has proven
electric say
has broken
I can feel
the frequency

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Pursuit~

the minute
you struggle
is when
you
fail

overthinking mess
a double
mirror of
doubt smiling
when you
don't believe
yourself

I'm sunshine
mixed with
a hurricane
cards on
the table
don't give
up on
me

but nothing's
lost now
really pllaying
with fire
sleep with
my lights
on discovering
what's brand
new

cold silence
circles in
the fog
this is just
a toy
shop buy
a bag
of balloons
with the
money we
got

set them
free at the
break of
dawn until
one by
one they
were gone
confetti in
the electric
vanishing blue

the horn
has sounded
the pursuit
is on
dare to
open your
heart a
little unsteady
sugar on
silent lips

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

~Pennies~

all I
know is
where we
are and
where we've
been the
heartbeat
of this
star-crossed wanderer

close your eyes
lean on me
all your
weight goes
on me

all the
pennies in
the well
went ahead
fire copper
shines out
bright you
say you're
unlucky but
but luck
isn't what
you really need

maybe if
you ungrit
teeth once
in awhile
you can
enjoy and
see if
you look
hard enough

it's only a moment
before I'm gone
shooting star
it helps
you sleep
hold me tight
because the
world looks
better trough
your eyes

teach my skin
how to feel now
all your
weight goes
on me now
even when
the world
gets loud
I'll be
around

~Sarah Mahina Calvello