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Jun 2010 · 685
The Unknown
Dot Callari Jun 2010
The Unknown
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
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Jun 2010 · 822
Youth
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"
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Jan 2010 · 816
Born Again
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!
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Jan 2010 · 1.1k
Woman
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
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Dec 2009 · 846
The Breakup
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
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Dec 2009 · 1.2k
The Lock
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
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Dec 2009 · 577
Survivor
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
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Dec 2009 · 891
Shadows
Dot Callari Dec 2009
Shadows
Shaded images of my mind
Lost in memory , lost in time
Faded memories of times that passed
Out of reach nothing lasts
Happy moments come to mind
Hard to see,  hard to find
A blurring  figure stands alone
Far from comfort,   far from home
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Dec 2009 · 2.6k
Decisions
Dot Callari Dec 2009
Decisions
I should or I shouldn't
I can't or I can
What's my decision, how ,where, or when
I will or I won,t
Iam and I did
The whole world is exploding, like a huge popping lid
I'm happy, I'm sad
Why can't I decide?
Must I always be driver on lifes nowhere ride?
A question,  an answer
Am I wrong , am I right
Why all these decisions?
I'll pretend I'm a kite
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Dec 2009 · 534
Time
Dot Callari Dec 2009
Time
Time is an enemy, time is a friend
There' s just not enough , or the day never ends
Time can be beautiful, time can be sweet
We can't get it back, there's just no repeat
Times can be happy, times can be sad
Some times are good and some times are bad
Time is today, time is tomorrow
Seek out the happiness, block out the sorrow
Time is for you as well as for me
Don't be the fool who looks, never sees
Time can be used, time can be lost
Time cannot be bought, we haven't the cost
So in conclusion I say to you friend, when we run out of time,
we come to the end
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Dec 2009 · 3.2k
The Affair
Dot Callari Dec 2009
The Affair
Sacred vows broken
Two are to blame
What once was so beautiful, has now turned to shame
All that we hoped for has now turned to dust, and with it has gone our hearts and our trust
All words are silent, there's nothing to say
We care not the season, the time, or the day
All hopes are faded, we don't really care
Was it all worth it?
Our carefree affair
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Dec 2009 · 764
Illusions
Dot Callari Dec 2009
Illusions
A sparrows chirp becomes an eagles loud cry
The whispering leaves, a lullaby
A ray of light, the clouds above
A few sweet words considered love
Reality is clear, sometimes sad but true
Like illusions in a looking glass
You are me,  I am you
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Dec 2009 · 1.0k
The Thinker
Dot Callari Dec 2009
The Thinker
There once was a man who thought he knew all
His thoughts all suspicions which brought him his fall
His friends all deserted, his family the same
He gambled and lost at his own senseless game
Now all is over, he is on his own,
He's free now to wander, no where is his home
He owns all his thoughts that ruled his whole mind
To what he could see, he preferred to be blind
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Dec 2009 · 546
Me
Dot Callari Dec 2009
Me
Today I met someone that I never knew
Her questions were many, her answers were few
A stranger but yet so familiar to me
I said to myself, "Now who can this be? "
I fought not to follow, I wanted to lead
I somehow had entered her world of intrigue
I wanted to run, but yet I walked slow
I had no direction of where we should go
In total confusion, I stood very still
I'll find the right way, I know that I will,
Then as I turned face to face I could see
The reflection from her eyes revealed she was "ME"
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Dec 2009 · 718
Thoughts
Dot Callari Dec 2009
Thoughts
What is a thought,but words left unsaid
Confused little letters locked deep in my head
Why do I hide them, what do I fear?
They want to get out for someone to hear
The brain is a storeroom , but where is the key?
I've got to unlock it so I can find me
The past and the future will live with my soul, but without expression one cannot grow old
With this silent pencil, I'll let out the words, and in peaceful contentment
I will be heard!
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Dec 2009 · 668
A Tree
Dot Callari Dec 2009
A Tree
Of all the things that I can see, know what I'd truly like to be?
With all it's natural beauty shown, sitting on it's pure green throne
With every season, a new face worn;
The most beautiful Spring, when it's reborn
To live thru centuries , showing elegance with age
Always in peace , it knows not rage
Poetically graceful , yet so strong
Never deciding what's right, or what's wrong
Oh!, what a beautful life to live
Never having to take , but able to give
Never restricted  ,in the open and free
The most carefree of lives
The life of a tree!
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Dec 2009 · 594
The Secret
Dot Callari Dec 2009
The Secret
What is the secret?  Why can't it  be told?
I want to be warm, I cannot stand cold
Who are these strangers?  Who let them out?
They speak in a whisper, when I want to shout
They're dazed and unfeeling, aliens to me
They stare in my eyes,but they cannot see
I'm merely a human who has lost self esteem
I somehow feel ***** and cannot get clean
I'm lost in oblivion somewhere in time, where nothing makes sense and nothing has rhyme
It's damp and it's dark here, there's some sort of fear
No one has emotions and nothings held dear
A strange little universe , where there's only night
There is no incentive, there is no more fight
I've run and I've run , I'm now out of breath
There is no more life here
This must be Death
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