~Endurance~

there's an
unexpected art
in endurance
grasping onto
what I
think reality
is supposed
to look like

memories never
leave your bones
bad and good
traces skin
edges of stars
play in dreams

a calming sound
a sea salt kiss
everything
lain out
like a map
of the heart
never to be
pulled apart

I'm a book
leaf trough
my pages
take the time
to actually know

~Sarah Mahina Calvello