Dot Callari

Dot Callari Jun 2010

What is beyond the golden years?
What is the secret thereafter?
Never the sound of rustling leaves
Never the sound of laughter
The unknown we fear with no reason why
We think of it often, and end with a sigh
Nothing's forever just as it should be
No one's as strong as eternity
Our destiny's written it often is said
But who will believe mere assumptions they've read?
Today is reality
Now is the time
Let's live for the moment
Let fate wait in line

Dot Callari Jun 2010

Youth

Today I am eighteen, I stand tall and strong
I say there is nothing that I can do wrong
I'm young and I'm free on a day to day spree
There's no one in this world that I'd rather be
Age is no object, the time is just right
Days are forever and so are the nights
I've partied and stayed up, no lesser the wear
I haven't a worry, I haven't a care
Then just like awakening, I opened my eyes
Today I am thirty! oh what a surprise!
I look back and ponder
I shed a few tears
I think of lost days that amounted to years
I sit back and think of past stuggles and strife
My children are growing and I've a new life
I look towards tomorrow with minimal doubt
I say to myself "What am I all about?"
Today I am fifty, it seems ----oh so long
To look back and visulize that boy tall and strong
I'm still far from weak
I've accomplished my plan
My boyhood is over
I'm now a grown man
But deep in my spirit
My youth still runs free
Today I am seventy, and still glad to be "me"

Dot Callari Jan 2010

Born Again

I feel inner peace as I've never known
It's a feeling of contentment, a feeling of home
A comforting sensation of yellow and blue
It's warm and it's good, and it's all very new
I hope I can savor it, and protect it from harm
It's somehow so different, like mystical charm
If this is a dream , I don't want to wake up
I don't want the ribbon, I want the gold cup!
I've searched and I've searched and have finally found
What I thought out of reach can be mine safe and sound
It's not without struggle, and not without pain
But we can't enjoy sunshine , without feeling rain
I've seen all the yesterdays and look towards tomorrow
Without any regrets, without any sorrow
I'm free in my mind
I'm free in my soul
I've covered the shadow , and now I am whole!

Dot Callari Jan 2010

Woman

Can you  think back to all the times that made you laugh or cry?
These are the memories of many days gone by
The baby getting measles, the dress you couldn't have
The diapers and the sleepless nights and all that sticky salve
Oh  how the years pass quickly, and then we miss them so
The days we thought would never end  are in the wind to blow
The boys are almost men now, the girl a little lady
They tell you of their tales of woe, sometimes a little shady
The years are a reflection of what we've said and done
They tell you  of one womans daughter,  another womans son

Dot Callari Dec 2009

The Breakup

The candles were burning
The mood was all set
I want to remember but I must forget
The scene was a winner, but somehow a defeat
I felt like a runner just entering a meet
There was no beginning
There will be no end
There'll be no goodbyes
Just a parting of friends

Dot Callari Dec 2009

The Lock

Our lives are so open
It's sometimes not fair
Because there are some things we don't want to share
So just to resolve this most unpleasant fact
I've discovered a shelter no one can attack
My thoughts can be private
My thoughts can be mine
There are feelings inside me that no one can find
It's somehow a comfort to be able to keep
A treasure that's hidden so safe and so deep
It's sometimes a memory of something I've seen
Sometimes it's silly, a passing daydream
Whatever the thought,it's somehow so nice to have something special without paying a price
So if you want something, to be only yours
Just open your mind
And then lock the door

Dot Callari Dec 2009

Survivor

Alone on an island
Alone in my mind
Why can't they hear me?
Why are they blind?
I speak silent words to long deafened ears
I hold back emotion with unshed tears
I sit and I ponder of where this must be
Am I a mirage?
Is this really me?
"Who are you"?, they asked
I couldn't reply
I had not an answer
Idid not know why
I've searched and I've searched in the depths of my head
Am I a survivor or one of the dead
"A whole world is waiting", they simply replied
"It's yours for the taking if you can decide"
That's when I knew somewhere deep in my heart
There is never an ending, unless there is a start
So, I have discovered alone in my thoughts
"You" never find "You" unless you have sought
The reason for being
The reason you're here
You can be the huge ocean, or just one tiny tear