~Sin~

shaping the
ivory light
moving in
the evening
the dairy
murmur we
are here
thank god
for sunsets

I never
said thank
you for
that I never
got a chance

I thought
I would
always get
one more
chance now
it's
just another
necessary regret
that couldn't be
changed couldn't
be glossed
over

these old
roses are
still velvet
soft again
against my
skin
you said
I lived a
life of
sin

blue could
fill this
gray cold
stillness of
a blank
sky curves
with the
stars

terrified of
these four
walls show
me
what's right
and wrong
what's hidden
in this
layered dust

~Sarah Mahina Calvello