~Days~

Weary

Of constant consistency

Of the days blending

Monet water lilies 

Soft water

And turquoise waves

Sighs and carries

Me away

Feeling myself

Surrendering to the present

Afterimage

Of a dream

Secrets

Are always alive

Getting bigger

With the waves

You always said

Spring by the sea

Was your favorite

Happy to be alone

Right now

Learning to

Love the parts of myself

No one clapped for

Strawberry muffins

Sugar and tart

Fresh on my tongue

Embracing the quiet moments

In the lush, changing light

I love it when

The fog rolls in

Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Light~

A gray landscape

Nothing moved

In all that gray

Except for the small birds

Calling out 

To the reaching shadows

To the daylight shimmer

You are my

Sliver of light

My provocative thought

I could do

With a little craziness

In my life

The low bushes

Of peonies

Soft and heady,

Pillow and pink

Resting in the

Blue shadows

Of the windless air

If they see

The new me

They won’t see

The real me

Nothing is meant

To make perfect sense

Got to bend

With the wind

Roll with

The punches

Existing with 

Monotonous un-belonging 

I’ve come to find

That change is nature’s delight

I stand before you delighted

Holding onto

My sliver

Of light

Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Disarray~

 outside my window

it's all

colors and disarray

with it's mismatched secrets

forgotten dreams

watercolor sky

lonely and alive

a broken heart

that's been loved

today, the dishes lay unused

supermarket flowers

half empty coffee cups

lay skewed 

birds sachet by

bidding time

until sunset

warm sweaters

and contemplation

happy, warm drinks

to liven the senses

remember,

don't cry when I'm gone

the path always winds back again

time ticks by

it's all relative

sighs and sounds like waves

electric skies

make way for birds to come

for something better

memories

soft and wild

sugar-fine but complex

come into color

to dream about

Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Becoming~

 one of the

hardest lessons is to

be patient

when becoming

something you've never been

circles of mist

linger around us

the trembling afterglow

it's so so cold

all I want now

is a cup of coffee

to melt myself

fate does have a way

of sticking it's foot out

and tripping you up 

raspberries in maple syrup

warm up

my memories 

solid and sure

a shawl

that I can

wrap around 

my shoulders

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Unfolding~

 taking a few detours

a few detours

in this mystery road

of life

but never

really getting lost

always finding

my way back

this morning,

I sang with a crow

outside my window

Bob Dylan

Boots of Spanish Leather

under the wildflower sky

as long as I'm alive,

I'll know you

there's a comfort

in that

you save me 

cookies for my coffee

most of the time

so I guess

you're forgiven

when the days 

are unfolding 

not afraid

of the busy confusion

detected

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Shiny~

 time passes

like water

playing over rocks

wayward trees

in a lonely garden

feeling pulled

in one direction

but still resisting

no compromise

can't give into

the shiny people

shashaying by 

flowers sleep

in forgotten warmth 

leaved start to fall

tangled and weary

spilling into

their own sillhoettes

the deepest blue

of shadows

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Routine~

 Delicate icy,

Dangling teardrops

Of trees

Falling forward

Only to unbend

Up again

Sparkling like

Sweetly cut glass

Hope crystalizes 

Among the 

Quiet blue silhouettes 

Hazy cold

Blending into nothing

But vapor

Kona coffee

With chunky sweaters

Whip cream

The little things

To make a good morning

It’s never too late

To do the right thing

I like that

After all,

We’re all trying

To fight through

The monotony

Of routine

Flowers sleep

In forgotten warmth

Leaves starts to fall

~Sarah Mahina Calvello