~Perspective~

I understand
in life
sometimes we
fight the
current and
other times
we run
with the river
I want
that velvet  sweet

I was
made to
taste your
kiss I
was never
made to
fall away

magic is
angles and
deception weighs
heavy on
your heart
I'll wait
don't forget

shake the
excess no
more lies
no mas

I'll shift
my perspective
even if
I shift
it doesn't mean
I'll really
know

like Sarah
Vaughan said,
one look
at you
and my
heart grows
tipsy in me

sometimes I
feel lost
in a foreign
town let's
keep make-believing
this clock
ticks down
and seems
to be teasing

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Stars~

lines blurr
so easily but
good thing's
come time
keeps going
the clock
keeps ticking
down rusty
cogs keep
turning

promised change
leaves me
spinning unresolved
in the
faint lint
of evening

it takes
an ocean
of trust
there is
still innocence
in subsiding
pain

I remember
meeting you
standing with
feeble hands
grasp
rise and
fall
with the
rest of us

trying to
get closer
to what we
think love
should be

soft with
the night
finally finding
the courage
to let go

I like
to think
what lies
beyond you
only live
once so
drink the
offered honey
I learn
my lessons
from the
birds time

only
adds to
the flame
 but it's
hard to
face that
that open
space that
take it's toll

go where
it's warm
gravitate to
the willing
and go
from there

I'll walk
the same
through the
flowers another
tin angel
swaying lazily
through doors
 like days
burn hours

don't let
anything steal
your smile
away even
though it
takes so
much to
be brave

only when
the sky
is the
darkest is
when you
can see
the stars 

you know
it takes a long time

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Carnations~

your not
a sait
of his
devotion pink
carnations and
Spanish sayings
golden candles
vanilla and sweet
flowers perfume
the long
hallway

velvet curtains
conceal what's
too hard
to say
words chosen
so carefully

it's hard
because I
can't be
there for
you I can't
carry the
weight
for you

maybe what
I need
a little
color to
change my
perspective

you're looking
but not
seeing
take my
hand
take me
somewhere new
have mercy
on whatever's left
of my
heart
I'm a
puppet on
a string

if memories
are malleable,
then the
future must be
too

I don't
need a
lot but
I deserve
something I'll
wait if
it's worth
the waiting

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Moon Burn~

I was
taught to
show my
feelings, the
honey dreanched
facets of emotion

but I
have to
find a
line. before
I become
too transparent

I've had
my share
of doubts
waited out
the blur of
storm clouds
violent illusions
it's just
another bruise
don't give
yourself away
too easily
make them
work

what is
their color
sweet glow
I miss
the slow frequency
of your
moon burn 
never out
of season
always constant

the light
is inviting
gone is
the pale
hand of
winter

I want to
be visible
again
to find
a reason
for me

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Unchain~

change your
altitude you'll feel
so much
better
I'm looking
forward to
having an
adventure of
my own
design

eternal echo
of the
first time
grasping at
the soul
the illusion
of perfection

I wish
we could take
some time
love is
weak, love
is helpless
because all
I really
want, it
turns out
is you
in my
arm's

unchain your
chains, slick
talk and
real heartbeats
here we
stand still

even oceans
obey, it
comes and
goes
in waves

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Decipering~

you can't
fight the
tears if
they won't
come

afraid of
heights finding
out midair
unexpected and
surprising, drifting
closer gravitating

lightening time
I have a
feeling I'll
go far

give me
directions I'll
get lost
in a
panorama view
with no
destination
I don't
have to
exist outside
this space

I was
told
that we spend
too much time
deciphering love
anything worth
doing is
more then
a violent illusion

avert your
eyes god
forbid, we
meet eyes
brush shoulders
because there
are no
benches
to rest

wearing the
cloths of
the souls
that we
chose trying
to be sincere

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Honey rose~

make me
think
make me feel
like a sunset

we are
separated by
a cemetery
of sentimentality
and sensibility

visible again
the way
the light
shines through
beautifully inviting

read between
my lines
honey rose
petals shine
out of the mist


only yesterday
we watched
time go
by, a
certain surrendering
maybe today
we'll put
the past away
folded into
sunlit corners
where dust
floats glittering
in the
lazy air
baby's breath
angel hair

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~