~Harmony~

Seagulls gather

And fly

Your comments

Are always

On my mind

Coming to

Terms with

with reality

with eternity

harmony leaves

a mark

custom scar

write your name

deeper then

every part

of skin

my pretty

bird just

flew our

to the

bluest sky

not coming back

saying goodbye

to the stressful

yesterday that

held me

a breath

away

I am

here for

the real

straight to

your heart

times

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Butterfly Kisses~

Boston cream
doughnuts and
the slow glow
of sunset
I've always
been told
I'm an
old soul

dreamers have
idea's but
doer's have plans
that's what
I've come
to find

colors balance
on skin
from the
sunset like
the butterfly kisses
wished for

streaming clouds
gather and shout
birds scream
like a
black stain
of sad sweetness

no one
can be
like me
in this
colorful charade
but I
desire to
dance a change

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Show~

"Comes a light, feeling's a'liftin,
Lift that baby right up off the ground-"Neil Young, There Comes a Time

cocoa and chaos
caramel and conformity
burying me
in the shattering underwater softness

I remember
that day
you walked
up to me
asking if
you can sit here

black eyes
shimmering like water
looked right through me
adorably dim
but sharp

you're still
there for me
not like
staircases and windows
getting in my way

but you're
too young
you don't know
what you
just butter
them up
with my toast
while you
leave my
heart pounding

you're supportive
like the
floor with
nothing genuine
underneath

putting my
feet where
they should
go through
the motions
through the show
which I'm
not made
for

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Steer~

all that
has been
defined
just falls
apart burning
off desire

charred embers
smokes a graying trail
but none
of the paths
were different

don't break
the spell
we were
all someone
else before

shadows bounce onto
the walls
silence is
starting to
leave an echo
stardust falls
on my eyes

I change
shape just
to hide
I can't
do it over
getting older

no differences
in my past
now or never
all you can do
is do it better

I don't
feel like
a spring flower
I feel more
like potpourri

but steer
my stumbles
the day
isn't done
forged in adventure
sealed with abandon

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Road~

Comfort can
become the
enemy of progress

hunting echos
of old songs
bounce along
the empty walk
and crumbling flowers

bad times
get the whisky
sweet like
candy in
my veins
tick tock
goes the Gouda clock

you make
my heart
beat like
falling rain
if I
call you
a idiot
count yourself
lucky

I can't
live my life
like I'm
designing
a building
you just
have to live it

through the
good and
the bad times
I don't
want to loose
this moment

the only
reason we
grow old
is the
we stop playing

I like
the highway
I close my eyes
and I'm at the beach

if I'm
not chocolate or coffee
it's hard
to know
what I'm here for
I can't
just jump
to the end
the journey
is the
best part
I heard

in the
passionate wind
show me
the piece
of my
heart
I've been
missing
the road
always leads
backwards

~Sarah Mahina Calvelllo

~Starlight~

it feels
like I'm drunk
on starlight
something in directed
and unexpected

salt hands
lay open
and waiting has begun
for the hungry deer
in the
velvet night
this has begun

I think
we fell
in love with
the trees
as much
as anything

gardens look
only like
gardens can
so that
I can look
back
on who I was
going back
in time
to reveal

I will
trust you
without borders
keep my
eyes about
the ocean
I could be
lonely
with you

tragic, but
also pure
I will
find a way
even without wings

here, capture
this moment
I think
you need
Salvador Dali
to capture
this moment
but ok

spin me
around with
the roar
of the clouds
selling virtue
and all
the things
I'll be missing
I just don't know

sometimes our
best decisions
are the
ones that
make no
sense at all

Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Embrace~

got to
be ready
even though
we break
life is unchangeable

life is
best when
it resembles
a musical

I watch
the wind
cut through
the clouds
tress hanging
in risky suspention
a place
where secrets accumulate

we rise
to the top
dreaming with
eyes wide open
no matter
where the
smiles come
from, they're
not fake

crossing the plane
to draw my way
a trick of the light
until my soul
rests in
your embrace

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~