~Paper Cup~

the paper coffee cup spills
charcoal tears curl and stain
the noisy background of people

~Magnolia~

the white magnolia
opens into a pink shell
in her trembling hand

-Sarah Mahina Calvello

`Tea~

thing's don't seem so bleak
after a cup of tea
violet lilac rain falls

-Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Blaze~

she is moonlight shone
were in the same damn boat
fireflies blaze tonight

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Wild Horses~

       

                 

I love this song

even though you didn't

it comforted me

a little

while you were away

just a little

you’re too honest for me

to control

I tell you my favorite line

“you left my heart

vacant as a empty lot

for any spirits to haunt”

sad

with just a tinge

of hope

that’s how I felt

you left me

in this chaos

I was spinning

 

I missed you

the doors open

and I can’t get it

open again

you have a gypsy heart

you turned around and didn't look back

you left me

just out of reach

but I’ll remember

your saltwater kisses

and the train leaving

and your smile

that finally lit your face

-Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Ruby Tuesday~

~Ruby Tuesday~

Sarah Mahina Calvello

“Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday

who could hang a name on you?

when you change with every new day

still I’m gonna miss you.”

looking at

the jagged

curved curls

of the roses on my coffee table

i think of you

and our Ruby Tuesday

a burning memory

that almost hurts

on that day

the sun was hanging quietly

and we were in the brick house

we were the first ones to dance

you held your hand out

grinning

one of those pure happy moments

when your blue eyes lit the room

like rolling sea water

you pulled me up

and we danced in a confused flurry

this was our Ruby Tuesday

shades of red wine

liquid shadows shake

and the laughing whispers

of people pretending to love

~Awake~

~Awake~

everybody’s awake

watching

on the busy misty street

clutching their paper

coffee cups

to them like comfort

even if they’re pretending

dreaming

of dreams

with happy endings

slow down and keep your eyes open

until they see you

we saw a hummingbird

unexpectedly

a blurry curve

diving and hugging

the honeysuckle

 
gray cold circles

in the air

suspended

like words unspoken

good thing’s

do happen

when you look up