~Honey~

 i heard birds outside

The sweet kind

I’ve never heard them so clear

Airy and bouncing

Back and forth

Echoing 

against echo

I kept looking for

A sign of you

In the sunlit clouds

In the jade leaves 

Of the morning

But it was meant

To be kept a secret

Hidden chimes

To break through

The faltering gray

Approach, honey sound

You are

My silver lining

To lighten 

These dreary days

Restless days,

But with 

A strange radiance

About this

Mismatched chaos

A sparkle

Can only sparkle so much

Before it burns out

I’m just trying

To hold onto 

Whatever sparkle

I can keep for my own

A slow burn

Sheltered from

This storm

~Sarah Mahina Calvello