~Changing~

this
shattered dream
can't  justify
anymore
nobody
is going
to hand you
a ladder
if you want

if you want
it bad enough
you have to
build your own
take a chance
dreams live
a different way

sometimes I push
myseelf too hard
when I want
to get back to the
person
I wan to be

fake it
until
you make it
it's just
the changing
of the seasons

these four walls
are getting
smaller
a jumbled puzzle
sometimes you
have to
do the hard thing
to get
where
you want to be
to see
what's in front
of your eyes

Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Cafe Birds~

coffee mixes
with brown
sugar milk
whirring and blurring
into an
uncharted map
smooth and fragrant

brown black
birds come
to my table
eating some
of my breakfast scone
from my
upturned hand
one bird
flew at
my cheek
lingering
wings touching
my face
airy and transparent

amber light
leaves you hopeful
Snow White
and the woman
from Mary Poppins
feeding the pigeons 
Tuppence for sale

the only
way out 
is up
a secret chuclke
as a stray bird
shook the 
paper bag
trying to 
get one
more crumb

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~ 

~_Patial~

you got me
pumpkin spice
coffee
licking off
burning cinnamon
from my lips

you asked me
if I was hungry
I said a little
shy grin
and you
broke off
a piece of
your baggette
and handed it
to me

you make me nervous
I don't know why
you always smile
and still smiling
smiling back away

laughter
upturned smile
if you're
partial to
the moon
take the
stars to
the spiral case
winding down
to the beginning

you keep
worrying
I will fall
don't want
to perfume
regret
nothing holding
me back

~Sarah Mahina Calvelllo~

~Waterfall~

under a
blanket of blue
it would be tragic
if you
weren't here

breeze
drifting on by
the sky broke
like an egg
electric blue
icy and angry
surrounds me
like a waterfall
I feel
so close
to you

white and blue
stars in
your eyes
it's a new day

a smile
just listen
faces soften

I don't think
I can look
at this
the same

butterfly
you get lost
and chase
your dreams
no matter
what
we're going to
start from
whaerever we are

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Filligree~

your day
is pretty
much formed
by how you spend
your first hour
check it all
at the door

you can't change
how people
treat you
or what
they say
all you
can do
is change
how you
react
to it

sitting here
hands warmed
around my
chipped coffee
mug
soulful and quiet
in the pale
cold sun
black
filligree chairs
where I carve
the memory
of you
sweet relief
of a sigh

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Wild~

a hopeful
coin
night time medicine
I have outgrown
something with no
name or
direction

exciting and wild
dandelions in
the moonlight
when I
close my eyes
honey and shortbread
don't let
anyone tell you
you're just
a weed

never be
ashamed of
a scar
it just means
you were stronger
then whatever
tried to
hurt you

shed the past
like snake skin
layers upon layers
of unkept
misplaced desire

wild cherry
roses
growing to
swaying to
golden light
make peace
with your
broken pieces

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

~Closer~

don't forget
to count yourself in
when you think of
beautiful things
now I'm feeling
you breathing slow

you got
me feeling
some way
butterflies
all having fun
I'm feeling
your thunder
your storm is
getting closer

vibrating underneath
your skin
we're so
different
will it be
enough to
be whole

angry icy
sky
determined and
electric
bittersweet honey
with beautiful lies

when you
pulled out your
heart
I swore
I wouldn't waste it

seeth
switching sides
wildfire lies
but still
the look
in your
eyrs

delicate malice
i'm tired
of fighting
follow my
winding hallls

it's a
great pleasure
to deceive
the deveiver

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~