rainy day pants

softly comfortable

the new normal

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 The advice

of a misfortune cookie

take-out dinner

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 Definitely

doughnuts and wine

essential items

~Sarah Mahina Calvwllo

 Monet's water lilies 

need some upkeep

thing's will get better

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

 Never apologize for

being a stiletto 

in a room full of flats

~Sarah Mahina Calvello 

~Suspension~

 In the night,

something furtive and secret

something that could have been

but the day

went by too soon

the cracks between

between the suspension

of dreams

the side

of the house

reflected

the orange blossoms

curl and wait

to unfurl again

the thick bread and butter

on the stove

brings excitement

cinnamon and raisins 

lighting up the night

togetherness,

safety 

somewhere in the circle

of the velvet quiet 

where we're heading,

there's just

no knowing

~Sarah Mahina Calvello

~Ignite~

It's a beach day

with seagulls

shashaying toward

waters golden

Clouds are lucid

clotted cream

in the

morning dew

and I 

don't quite know

how to feel

Yearning

a stranger

thought familiar

turned out

to be 

just a cloud

chiming laughter

burns the past

Lingering longer

with weeping sunsets

if you had seen it,

you would understand

like aging,

seems to stay too long

the water

plays well

discovering secrets

with the growing shadows

time seems

too close for comfort

breath circles

light and breaks

like a beach shell

to ignite 

a new dream

Sarah Mahina Calvello