~Tonight~

sun and
hollow sky
looking out
the window
I sigh
the stars
are out
tonight

down comes
the night
the wind
blowing circles
around me
follow my
lead

dancing lights
against the
break of day
waiting for
something
to say

everyday discovering
the brand new
I want
to thank
you for you
patience
memories have
a way
of rising
up, especially
painful ones

see the
trees, how
they move?
how does
that really
make you feel?
calm, I guess

that's it
right there
you think you
should feel
calm but
you don't
really feel it

you have
to see in
different
ways, move
in different ways
there is
a pulse

a beautiful sunrise
look at
how much
it holds

you want
to make
the kind
of memory
that stays

it's never
really a
straight path
to follow
time will
tell

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Nightingale~

you told me
that you
had a dream
that I
sang like
a nightingale

you were
the only one
who believed
in me
among the
mocking laughter

clean the
dirt off
until mud
runs clean

weather you
realize it
or not
you came back
at exactly
the right time

it's been
too long
but we
don't have to
be alone anymore

it's a
pie-worthy moment
hang onto it
it's hard
to find
a moment
just as good

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Second Chance~

"Life can only be
understood backwards.
Unfortunately, it must be
lived forever."-Kierkegaard

love at first sight
is just something
they created
for greeting cards

I think
we get
so wrapped
up in
our own
lives and
we forget
about the
people who
 really care
about you

find the
person behind
the words
tell me
who you are
it's all
about connection
don't forget
that I
think the
worst part
is fake
sympathy looks
from strangers

the trick
is getting
to know
them, trust me
when the
right one
comes along
you'll know

get to
know people
I intend to

what's the secret?
everyday is
like day one
if you
ever find
it in
your heart
to forgive me
give me
a call
you always
were one
in a million

it's scary
and a
little exciting
to find
out it's
finally a
two-way street
it's never
too late
to get it right

the tiniest ripple
could alter things
enjoy it
but do
not tamper
with it

making a
wish at
the old
wishing well
holds whispered
promise

shadows lighten
on trees
and I
smile because
I'm caught
in a sunbeam

I don't
know how
long this
is going
to last
but I'm
going to
enjoy the ride

this is
the strangest
whimsy that
had ever
happened to me
white flowers
hang curved and full
second chances
are true and
genuine

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Apple Tree's~

I'm sorry
but sometimes
good gravy
doesn't cut it

stop putting
my teeth
on edge
don't sound
so shocked
I wasn't
born decrypted

remember, if
you can read
you can cook
and always
feed yourself

I couldn't
concentrate I
liked watching
his eyes
under the
quiet wind
of apple trees
that's where
I did
my dreaming

I always
thought if
I lived there
I could write
under the
apple trees
and be happy
but it
wasn't meant
to be

 too fancy
for my chapter
thinking is
just a
fancy word
for idle

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Symmetry~

it was
a wild iris
kind of
lonely beautiful
and fascinating
not lonely
at all

quiet lost
in symmetry
lost in reservations
where no one
truly sees you

what you do
will affect
everyone else
a domino
wall falls
with a crash
a striking
of the
match
can lead
to a fire

maybe it
was a
Freudian slip
a wrong
twist of
a turn

don't just
stand there
why?
a watched
pot never boils
says's who?
just take
my word
for it

yey, I
have one
more penny
she laug
~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Unexpected~

as you
get older,
your dreams
start to change

it seemed
too grandiose
suffocating and strange
problem is,
what seems
great one day
might not
seem great
the next day

so you
got to
get what
you want
to find out
what you
don't want?
ya, something
like that

but don't
get me wrong
unexpected things
can  happen too
something amazing
can fall
into your
life
when you
least expect it

they always
say that
life
gets in
the way
of living

looking contemplatively
down cobblestone
walkways black crows
looking as if
they're on steroids
stand cautiously by
each other
on the wet grass
of morning

searching for
salvation in loneliness
pecking at
crumbled bread
pausing with
turned heads
shifting through
the broken pieces
for what's
whole

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Ruby~

your dark
but warm love
a coffee stain
spiraling down
leaving a stain
on my
pale white arm
turning carameal brown
a moment
not forgotten
and I
can't help
but smile

your ruby lips
hanging on
a glass
of ice tea
today is
gonna be
that day
time
is all
we really need

you're an
irresistible
force as
sweet as
summer

I like
how the
water misbehaved
when it
started
raining
on us
hours disappear
now we
have a
cup of rain
a metaphor
in blue

keep my
heartbeat quiet
everyone needs
a hot chocolate friend
to lean on
when things
get tough

overcoming fear
is the quickest way
to confidence
so we
can start again

take it
from my
heart put
it in
your hand
let's get
out of here
I don't want
to share
you with
the riffraff

I won't give
up if
you won't
so prove it
make me
wrong

~Sarah Mahina Calvello