~Fishing~

fear and
love cannot
live in
the same
house

unusual dignity
always missing
what I
shouldn't be
missing, trying
to find
a way
to make
another day
go by

the can
is already
open, the
worms are
already out
might as
well go
fishing

soft and
not knowing
the day
is perfect
like that

I carry
the heavy
weight of
my mistakes
and my
victories behind
my eyes

I'm spinning
around in
circles but
I feel
like I'm
standing on
the edge
of a
cliff, but
I've never
been safer
in my
whole life

~Sarah Mahina Calvello