~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