~Crystalizes~

there are
moments
thing's that
are good
can happen
in the space
if a
single breath

when your
heart reaches
out the chaos
crystalizes
tries to find
a new form

I want
the chance
to fail
something different
you never once
saw all the
shadows fall
or stilll yourself
to feel the
night

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Changes~

like M.J. said,
it's time
to face
what lies
in the mirror

time to
make a
difference
something
shape your thoughts
make it right
the hero's journey
call to
adventure

tested in
the unknown
change is
a moving
thing, unsettling
it vibrates
with promise
scary
but needed

calue people
and moments
slow the
chaos down

life is
a apple
well go ahead
and take a bite
it all
funnels down
everything that shimmers
is surely
to fade

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Beautiful Nightmares~

it was
a clouded moon
where it shone
out in opal waves

it was the hour
of the woolf moon
the moon
right before
dawn
nightmares
are said
to be
at their strongest
hour of reckoning

treading
on the edge
of dreams
haunting
cold
silver
soft hangs
in the
unsuspecting air
maybe nature
is not meant
to be tamed

you can't
really
be sure
when the
storm
is over

I hope
that trying
ban be
enough
sweer dreams
can always
turn into
beautiful nightmares

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Storms~

after the
storms
all this
frozzen
green ground
makes me
aimble and wonder
in my mind

all my life
I've hidden
my true self away
I grew
 a second skin
so you can't
see inside

the storms
were angry
constant
they ripped
up trees
exposed
naked
on a circle
of green grass

I always
thought
it was the best time
to see everything
after a good storm

the sky
first dark gray
then angry cracked
into a
mosaic of pieces

peach
dark then light
running down
the clouds
like watercolors
turns into
streaks
of mango light against
just touching
the green black
trees

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Peaceful Illusions~

"but let the world think otherwise, we wear the mask"-Maya Angelou

it's a jungle
out there
chaos confuses
the mind
muddles
thoughts

even though
I smile
it's hatd
to truly
let anyone in

I just end up
stumbling around
grasping
at straws
and ghosts
trying to find
solid ground
again

to look
past all these
beautiful lies
I wear
a mask

velvet and unwavering
wind chimes
drowsey in the wind
like glass pieces
falling against
each other
moaning
like something forgotten
peaceful illusion
never changes
into something
real

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Beautiful Net~

the light
started to
turn red
brown
to ruby
to apple

the shadows
started t6o
turn long
at the moment
I looked out

on the edge
of trust
not knowing
not knowing what
is real anymore

trying not
to lose balance

raspberries
in chocolate milk
floating liquid
sparkles
velvet tart

constant
and transparent
if life
is an apple
let me
take a bite

the biggest
mistake I made
was believing
that if I cast a beautiful net
all I'd catch
are beautiful thing's

my path
forked, frayed
maybe living
is just
bringing light
to what you need to
in the day

seeing it
for the first time
the air
is cold smoke
and echos

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Middle~

Sometimes I

Don’t know

What I stand

For anymore

I love

The sound

Of thunder rolling

We can worry again

In the morning

When I

see stars

that’s all

they are

when it rains

look for

the rainbow

when it’s dark

look for the stars

you’re always the bad guy

in somebody else’s story

I can’t help

It if I say a lot

With a little

You always say

You’ll run out of chances

If you stop taking them

Everyday might

Not be good

But at least

There’s something

Good in everyday

You’re crazy

With soft eyes

And only brave

In moonlight

We’re going

Exploring

No one

Sometimes you

Have to pull back

let people

Come to you

No one really

Likes patience

Middles are hardest

Because you

Can get lost

But middles can also

Be a beginning

Follow the pebbles

I left you

At midnight

To guide

Your way

Even though

The ground

Feels like

It’s crumbling

Beneath me

the nicest

sound

I ever

left you

was an echo

I used my head

When it was

Outside my

heart

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~