Night Walk

 🌙🍂Night walk

Among the dew-kissed lilacs 

Clasping hands🍂🌙

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Restless

 Restless tonight,

Moon circles dreams

Icy breath hangs

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Sunbeam

 Caught in a sunbeam

Smiling before cold comes back

Lovely extremes

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Italian Woman

🌹🍂Italian woman

Lost in dementia

Dinners and laughter past🍂🌹

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Irish Soda Bread

🍂 Irish soda bread

Smothered in butter

Beautiful rarity🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Stealing

 Stealing

A moment under the full moon

Just makes sense

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Bluebird

 🍂Bluebird

In the morning window

Sunlit fresh air🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Passing Time

 Passing time

Measured by cups of coffee

And awaited boxes

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Inner Armor

 🍂☀️To spice up the days,

Wearing mismatched socks

As inner armor☀️🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Variations

🍂🌙Just variations 

Of the same day searching for

a new lullaby 🌙🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Rainy

 Another

Rainy day drinking alcohol

In secret

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

These Days

 These days,

Seems to be a meandering

Fool too often

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Raspberry Jam

 🍂☀️ Waiting for the mailman 

The raspberry jam

Sweeten the mornings ☀️🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Cinnamon Roll

 🍂☀️This morning,

An old fashioned cinnamon roll

Causes smiles☀️🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Candlelight

 🍂Lit by candlelight,

Everything seems to

Be in slow motion🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Raining Echoes

 Raining echoes 

Little preludes

It will stop soon

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Sanity

 Orange poundcake

Savoring honeyed coffee

Is sanity

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Dark Cocoa

🍂 Dark cocoa

Relaxes in the cup

During the rainstorm🍂

Hummingbird

 Through the window, 

The humming bird came close

Forgiving mistakes

~Sarah Mahing Calvello~

Jasmine

🍂 Pouring rain

Jasmine climbs to the moon

Worth the memory🍂

Night Beauty

🍂🌙The garden 

White and stone cold 

Night beauty 🌙🍂

Planting

 Planting

Mint and rosemary

Dirt-stained in the sun

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Pizza

🌙🍂Contentment

Parking lot pizza

On date night🍂🌙

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

A Long Sunset

 A solitary respite

A glass of lemonade

A long sunset

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Not so Bad

Looking out the

Window the world is a blur

Not so bad

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Bus

 On the bus,

Passing time emptying 

Coffee cups

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Fleeting

🍂 A gift

of a saved cake doughnut

Fleeting intimacy🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Oxymoron

🍂 Virtual reality

Is really just an oxymoron 

Meandering🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Empty Glass

🍂 Empty glass

Tea the color of honey

Refreshing to see🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Misplaced

Misplaced dreams

Mismatched secrets

Whispered in hushed tones

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Quiet Moments

 Quiet moments

Lonely but alive

Watercolor skies

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Flowers

 Fresh flowers just picked 

There used to be strawberries

 On the breakfast table

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Heartbeats

 🍂🌙All night long,

Heartbeats reverberating

Down lonely streets🌙🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

A Smile

🍂 A smile

Hiding fear

In this empty room🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Ways Back

🍂The squeaky wheels 

Of passing unfolding day's

Thinking of ways back 🍂

Highway

 Highway daisies stretching 

The murmuring echo of cars

Twilight glimmering 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Rainy

 Buying a new, shiny 

Umbrella to prepare for 

Rainy days ahead

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Intimate

🌧️🍂Just too intimate

Kissing in the echoing rain 

Don’t go wasting time 🍂🌧️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Lilac Umbrella

🍂 🌧️Offering

A lilac umbrella

Sudden, day rainstorm 🍂🌧️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Affection

 🍂🌹Affection

Is something approaching

In whispered shadows🌹🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Newfound

 Memory lingering

Newfound meaning

Reaching shadows

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Laughing

 Laughing

A photo taken at a cafe

Proof of life

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Chair

 🍂Nothing special happened

Just was walking and this rude

Chair bumped into me🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Devotion

 🍂You are so pretty

And so nice to me

Devotion🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Walk Tonight

 A good idea

Of taking a walk tonight

Flower viewing

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Good Lemon Zestor

 🍂Making 

A get well cake with the old

Good lemon zester🍂

Early Morning Hours

After much tossing,

Getting lulled to sleep sweetly

Early morning hours

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Viewpoint

🍂 Viewpoint standing on

Optimistic realism

Blurry fog gathers 🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Fleeting

 Troubled, weary heart

Sun shinning through the raindrops 

Is just so fleeting 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Hopeful Bleak

 It's bleak out there

But hopeful bleak

Hold what you can

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Sunflower’s

 🍂Sunflowers

Make a happy table

First day of Spring🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Magnolias

 Magnolias bloom

Shinning in the shadows

The emergence

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Cryptic

 Growing big

Like the flower you are

Cryptic compliments

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

New Plant

 Growing a new plant

In the garden, either 

Potato or apple

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Stuck

 Stuck inside

Missing coffee outings

Morning shadows grow

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Headaches

 The only thing

You're missing out on

Are outside headaches

Sarah Mahina Calvello~

New Scarf

 Making

A new scarf

Turning bad into good

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Days go by

 Days go by

Slow like honey, what

A relaxing thought

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Flower Viewing

 Flower viewing 

Best part of an lazy afternoon

Calm reflection

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Blooming Camellias

 Blooming camellias 

Red and velvet lit by

Afternoon sun

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Easter

 The camellia's 

blooming and beautiful

in time for Easter

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Deciding

🍂 Deciding

To bring the Bomber jacket back

Warm Nostalgia🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvwllo~

Evening

 Spent the evening

P'j's with mac and cheese

No shame here

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Finally

 Finally,

At peace with a boring life

Hushing leaves outside

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Vintage

 Once 

This vintage body get's some rest

It will be fine

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Tasted

 Made for an old man

a cup of Yorshire tea

tasted so lovely~

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Place

 A place to go

To watch sunsets together

Ice tea sipping

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Beautiful

 A huge

Old fashioned cinnamon roll

Beautiful!

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Escaped

 An escaped fart

reverberated from the

Hallway, great

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Dog

 Never lonely with a dog

Protection from dangerous

Lonliness

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Long Day

 It's been a day

Eggrolls in sweet and sour sauce

Sinking into cushions 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Company

 The start 

Of a lovely evening

Just add company

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Ramen

 🍂🍷Adding a glass of wine

To a steaming bowl of ramen

The nights set🍷🍂

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Yellow Flowers

 Half a moon

Peaking downward

On yellow flowers

~Sarah Mahina Calvello~

Never too Early

 Chocolate mouse 

For breakfast

Never too early

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Sometimes

Sometimes the falls

Are the best moments'

To slow the chaos

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Tired

 First time meeting

She was passive agressive

So tired!

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Eucalyptus

 Gnarled cane 

Eucalyptus hangs overhead

Raspberry sunsets

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Ticking

 Life

A series of ticking clocks

And mismatched socks

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Silver

 Silver ling

time for thoughtless thoughts

Sleepy friends

~Sarah Mahina Calvvello

Weightless

 Weightless hours

Sleepless lullaby 

vase of crimson flowers

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Broken

 Broken meanings

Time is fleeting

starry nights

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Sun

As the sun goes day,

so many curiousities  

to discover

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Coke Can Symphony , to Kyle

Foot tapping a beat

To a coke can symphony

It's just turbulence

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Coffee Thermos

☕️🍂 Coffee thermos

Getting too small for the days

Sign of the times🍂☕️

So Much Time

 So much time

Passing between friends

Why?

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Coffee Drops

 ☕️🍂Coffee drops

Prettily escaping to 

the purple blanket🍂☕️

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Restless

Restless nights

Too much on the mind

At twilight

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Pouring

 🍂Pouring coffee grounds

into the garden before

Tiredness kicks in🍂

Wildflower Honey

🍂🫖Making sure to buy

Wildflower tea honey 

To cut weathers chill🍂🫖

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Retro

Coffee

Mixed cloudy with milk

Even hope feels retro

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Aging

 Aging

Taking a softer approach

Sweet apple growing

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Driving

 Just driving

Turn off your mind

Unfolding highways

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Endless

 Endless nights

With blinding lights 

Wake up when it's better

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Sketch

Taking a

daily concoction of pills

sketch of life for real

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Stars

 Singing 

Billy Joel under the stars

until dawn comes

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Bourbon Nights

🍂 Bright eyes

With tousled hair

Happy bourbon nights🍂

Chocolate

🌙🍂Rain pattering down 

A chocolate coffee milkshake

rocks me back sleep🍂🌙

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Grief

 No matter what,

Grief is just a soul retrieval 

Hang on

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Untold

 Too many things

Are just unknowable

just untold stories

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Shadowed Sunsets

 Shadowed sunsets

Desolate beauty

For footstep's to follow

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Footsteps

 Tired footsteps crossing

No boots thick enough for this cold

Not comfortable clothes 

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Storm

 Taking

Another deep breath

A storm soon

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

Two Blankets

 🌙🍂Two Blankets

The ultimate lullaby

While you sleep🍂🌙

Favorite

 Favorite jam

And blooms or orchids coming soon

Thank you

~Sarah Mahina Calvello