"callari" poems
All I do is tell the truth that no one wants to hear
The truth will set you free
But it’s the truth that they all fear
Sticking to your word is never part of the plan
It’s easier to degrade someone
Than stand up like a man
I never seem to get it right; maybe it’s me who got it wrong
Should I lie like the rest?
Or hold on and be strong
Is lying really all that bad, what’s really in a lie
If lying doesn’t hurt someone
Should I do it to get by?
No, I don’t think so; lying never feels quite right
So how do liars prosper
And live better than I might
Cause people do believe in lies with glimmer of some hope
The hope these people hang on to
Dangles like a rope
I’m convinced, there I said it; the truth is the only way
So I sit all alone
The chips fall where they may
**** it, I’m not like the rest, all alone on the shelf
Maybe I’m one who is the joke
In lying to myself
Joe Callari
Dec 22, 2009
Dec 22, 2009 at 5:18 PM UTC
Accuse Me of being nice…this should have crossed your mind once or twice
Accuse Me of all the things I do…Like how I care and show much love for you
Accuse Me of putting you first…so easy for me and unrehearsed
Accuse Me of faithfulness and Love…
The truth is in all thee above
To me it’s so much easier to accuse one of the things that make you happy in a relationship. I know accusations are usually meant or come from a place of mistrust. Just my attempt to take what is considered a negative to a positive. Accuse yourself of being more understanding today.
There is no better feeling then making the one you love feel special.
Joe Callari 2014
Jul 8, 2014
Jul 8, 2014 at 6:23 PM UTC
Twisted leaves fall silently to the ground
The circle of life continues around
Innocence will not stay for long
Ignorance with love is much too strong
Suffering from within is not meant or taught
Compassion for one is not sold or bought
With thought in narrow through a funnel you fall
The mind starts out big, but ends up too small
Hatred and Fairness, can they both be the same?
If you don’t know the difference, they can in this game
You do what you see without fault as you grow
Embedded in mind you reap what you sow
Sorrow is not what beginnings are for
Tomorrow and yesterday will equal much more
Too many with knowledge is what I concern
For the teacher to teach, must be willing to learn
Joe Callari
Sep 5, 2012
Sep 5, 2012 at 10:27 AM UTC
It’s amazing how fast you can change
Your feelings, priorities can all re-arrange
The pain that you felt is finally gone
You feel like a king no longer a pawn
The confidence you have allows you to shine
You’re healing yourself with a new state of mind
You can never allow to be brought down again
No matter who tries… a spouse or a friend
The power of attraction is in positive swing
Compliments abounding without doing a thing
That’s how I lived not so long ago
Taking advantage as I continue to grow
I can not be stopped by others who wrong
Justify to yourself as I move along
Cause I have no time for those anymore
Who choose to live behind a closed door
My world is open and I see a new life
One that will prosper no worry or strife
Roadblocks will surely eventually form
I will go up and over or through like a storm
With the strength I feel building deep in my soul
There is no more worry I’m back in control
It’s just for myself the control is for me
That’s all I can do I finally see
Joe Callari
Dec 20, 2009
Dec 20, 2009 at 6:43 AM UTC
Opening my eyes not surprised to see
A world of disrespect and debauchery
As I continue to fight for the positive side
I would peer with distain for myself in my mind
What happened? Where was I…lost in a haze?
I can see much better as I start a new phase
No longer trapped by negative thoughts
Cause the more that you squirm the deeper your caught
Traveling down a slippery slope
Now look to the future with a glimmer of hope
For the path that I choose is determine by me
Outside detractors can no longer be
For I am the king of my personal throne
It’s all up to me…and to me all alone
Self respect, dignity was once what was lost
Forgiving yourself still comes with a cost
The world is mine…confidence or conceit
Positive movement not accepting defeat
Visual thoughts can help make it real
It’s the start of my life…I’m beginning to feel
Joe Callari
Dec 20, 2009
Dec 20, 2009 at 1:23 AM UTC
What are secrets really all about?
Are they meant to protect… I may have some doubt
Protection from the truth this can only be
So the person with the secret can still feel free
Free from what you may ask
Freedom to continue the unworthy task
Is a secret a lie lets explore and see?
If you’re not completely truthful what else could it be
Deception, indiscretion is the root of this deed
For a secret to be a secret you must continue to feed
The appetite is endless with the burden to bare
A secret might be wrong or else you would share
And the people you trusted with the words so discreet
The more that you’ve told increases defeat
Cause most people can not continue to lie
Some will crack with the pressure inside
The cliché holds true when a wise man once said
Three can keep a secret when two are dead
Joe Callari
Dec 19, 2009
Dec 19, 2009 at 3:48 PM UTC
Car payments, Insurance bills all the money that we spend
Climbing trees, playing tag those days would never end
Fighting with a boss who never gets it wrong
The boys down on the corner sing your favorite song
Credit cards, utility bills are most important now
Corn dogs, popcorn you ate all some how
Braces, tuition the bills keep coming in
Sitting with a jig saw puzzle, where do I begin
A year has come and gone with fifty on its way
“Hey Joey what cha doin; ya wanna come and play”?
I needed that promotion I guess I’ll have to wait
The kid who got my job just turned twenty eight
It used to be so simple when youth was on your side
But now it all got backwards the game is seek and hide
We always take for granted what the future has to hold
The one thing that I do know, is that I’m getting old
I often sit and ponder of all the things we did
If everything was equal, I’d rather be a kid
Joe Callari
Dec 22, 2009
Dec 22, 2009 at 5:15 PM UTC
I used be a cowboy with a six gun on my side
I used to be a drinker with a six pack for the ride
Driving down a peaceful road ******* on some brew
That’s all I ever wanted and all I ever knew
I used to a astronaut looking down from far away
I used to be a doctor healing those who couldn’t pay
Traveling down a peaceful road ******* on some brew
That’s all I ever wanted and all I ever knew
I used to a builder built some houses just for fun
I used to be a joker telling jokes to everyone
Driving down a peaceful road ******* on some brew
I never was an addict but I popped a pill or two
But things got hard and all things do change
There ain’t no more drinking on the open range
So now I sit by the old picture show
Smoke a cigarette and sip a cup a Joe
My how time flies’s when you’re having so much fun
Not a care in the world just waiting on the sun
I wish you could see all the things I feel
I can always stop by for a free home cooked meal
Joe Callari
Sep 5, 2012
Sep 5, 2012 at 3:13 PM UTC
It’s amazing how your life can change on a dime
What you think is real is just passing time
The people so close can lie straight to your face
They may think its better…but it’s just not the case
Deceit and lies continue to fly
For within your darkness…no one hears you cry
I find it ironic with those who will judge
It’s hard for me not to hold a grudge
Cause with all my faults the thing I would never do
Is to lie and to cheat…like the rest of you.
My feelings are obscure but with malice to a fault
I accept the blame that’s due to me and the truth that I sought
But with those who might think that I’am not wise
They attack my intelligence and continue to lie
Cause when the day comes when truth rears it’s head
I will never be able to believe you again.
Joe Callari
Dec 20, 2009
Dec 20, 2009 at 1:18 AM UTC
The Fool
Your shadow is blinding how easy to see
Reflection of light is who I must be
I calculate flaws and see as they grow
With smile to grin I hear your words flow
Assume the position must be in your mind
I make the transition much knowledge to find
Words that are hollow you keep from the wind
Will they go forth…or will they rescind
With promise entailed you act out the game
It’s never your fault no malice or blame
But just when you think you’re cleared from the fall
This man is not foolish…This fool fools them all.
Joe Callari
Nov 19, 2013
Nov 19, 2013 at 3:20 PM UTC
In the still and coldness outside, the constant hum of generators and chainsaws break what was silent.
The deafening buzz, despair in my mind, delivered by wind so violent.
Lives will change; foundations replaced, material things lost in a storm
From loss in remembrance is a way to start over and new life gets reborn
Gradual and forthright we start this new quest
Positive thought, the old at its rest
Rebuild with a new the end not in sight
One day at a time is a sliver of light
Joe Callari
Nov 3, 2012
Nov 3, 2012 at 1:37 PM UTC
I always do everything that’s different from the rest
Never finish what I start, how can I be the best
I live my life from day to day, wonder in my mind
What could have I become… if I really tried
Memories is all I have, with all my hopes and dreams
In a land of make believe, Nothings what it seems
I guess a man is measured by what he has to hold
I who have nothing…Like a broken mold
I used to have some promise but squandered every chance
All the years of wasting…are nothing but a glance
In my life I found it hard to settle for the best
What I thought was better…was always something less
Mistakes, regrets, indecisive and with doubt
I thought that I fit in…I was merely just left out
It’s easy to divert the blame on reasons why you fail
It’s harder to accept the blame with failure on this scale
Regain your edge; make a stand, no sorrow without fault
Make your dreams accomplishments, or let it go for naught
Can you do it all alone and do you have the will?
All the negativity has promise of it still
Now it’s time to start a new, you never lost your way
To believe in those who want to help, fall victim to the prey
So keep your focus straight ahead and leave the past behind
What’s mine is yours is not the truth…what’s yours is never mine
Joe Callari
Dec 19, 2009
Dec 19, 2009 at 6:18 PM UTC
The dimmest light among the stars that use to shine so bright
Asteroids and comets have hit with all there might
Battered, torn down...but spinning oh so fast...still generating power with light years in its path
Suspended animation can make it look at rest, believing what you see...
is still only but a guess
Many orbits yet to come as this planet gains it's strength
The Sun the moon and the stars are merely at it's length
Joe Callari
Dec 22, 2014
Dec 22, 2014 at 5:54 PM UTC
Come share with me what is real
As we all seek what is normal
I dare to find the difference
Dream the impossible
Love with Abandon
Chance my fate
Come share with me what is real
Believe the unbelievable
Be kind to the unkind
Take the road untraveled
A square will easily fit in a big enough circle
Nothing is ordinary in the eyes of another
Who determines what is real?
Joe Callari
Aug 27, 2014
Aug 27, 2014 at 2:33 AM UTC
So…
The strongest of passion was felt to the core
The slightest of touch bellowed for more
The way that you moved brought chills to the skin
The night was still young such fire within
You looked at me with such beauty & grace
You knew from my eyes what would take place
You said lets go slowly but quickened the pace
So tightly together was still too much space
Joe Callari
Nov 20, 2013
Nov 20, 2013 at 2:16 PM UTC
With the slightest touch of her hand the hint of a smile. I draw her near but not with intensions to make her run. The softness of her hair brushes against my face for lust of another day...I see the interest in her eyes and the eyes don't lie. The game has begun but no one will be the winner... Is it stolen? or the effects of the ocean. Just another millisecond of life in motion.
Joe Callari...
Nov 12, 2013
Nov 12, 2013 at 3:35 PM UTC
A veil of light covered in darkness rejoice in the day of night
Visions of love with words of hate bring joy to sadness
Truths of false and facts of fiction stimulate the sense of dullness
Words of genius stupidity of thought consciousness of sleep
But the eye's are slammed shut with malice of good
Yet the eye's can still weep...
Joe Callari 2021
Jan 24, 2021
Jan 24, 2021 at 1:25 PM UTC
What has she done that’s so perplexing. I’m a grown man with the world next to me. Spinning like a top in the night, just the scent of her drives me crazy. Being pulled in directions I don’t want to go, I can’t stop it. Just when my mind clears I see her name, a silhouette. I’m haunted by lust, drug down to primeval man hunting…I’m gentle as a lamb by the touch of her skin. I’m not out of control can’t lose my cool…This is a dream what else could be…
Joe Callari
Nov 20, 2013
Nov 20, 2013 at 11:37 PM UTC
Deep in thought from words in your mind
Playback, Fast Forward, Pause and Rewind
Phrase of two meanings no balance in tow
Talking in circles it’s around that you go
The culprit is you with hype that you need
Prices you pay for soil and seed
It’s all just so clear but you are the cloud
Tricking the mind makes you feel proud
This is your life with many before
It’s just who you are right down to the core
Admire in plenty but is for real
Its few that will realize that this is your deal
Joe Callari
Mar 21, 2014
Mar 21, 2014 at 8:40 AM UTC
Evolution of this Man
Born in the wind of a summers day a infant boy arrives pure and without sin. The sun touches him for the first time and he is blessed. Speed grace and power he is to possess with humility for all to see. He is destined for greatness, gold appears with just a simple touch and people for no good reason will adorn him. Life progresses and success is plenty without the young mans knowledge of the universe. Gluttony, debauchery, hypocrisy could easily take form in a world known to few...caught up in the spiral of indulgence is for those who spew talent sought after by the masses. A mirror becomes not such a good friend as reality takes the place of surrealism. What found was now lost, time rings the bell and shows the scars that life delivers even if you are not at home. Brilliant in mind will not escape the derelict of time. Belief in false promise he is a target for those with malice. With fight as a winner losing is in plenty. Rationality, Generosity, Curiosity is the norm for celebration to those who choose to use.
In the wind of a summers day a old man discovers all his sins.
The sun touches him for the first time and he is cleansed.
Joe Callari
Aug 13, 2015
Aug 13, 2015 at 3:04 AM UTC
With lies meant from mind you spiel venom like the snake
No harm can abound if you know it’s only fake
Mentally misadjusted believing false from true
At some point you will realize what is your justly due
Absence of malice will not suffice from God
He can see clearly no matter the façade
Children used like pawns to spread your words of hate
Slither through grass as you seal your only fate
Victims are in plenty as you prey upon the weak
This can never happen cause I am not the meek
So chuckle even laugh…be it as it may
If you ever mess with me…you will surely rue the day
Joe Callari
May 26, 2014
May 26, 2014 at 12:16 PM UTC
My shadow is a friend that merely never ages
His life an open book with at least 60 pages
No hurt no pain no wrinkles on his face
Never out line and always in his place
He's never had to love... disappointment not at hand
Opinions he has not but will always make a stand
The sun the moon can help him cast a glow
Not a worry in the world regret he does not know
Money's not a factor for this he does not care
No matter what I say or do he'll always be right there
So when the day arrives and go to greet the sun
If he is not beside you, you know your time is done
Joe Callari
Jun 27, 2018
Jun 27, 2018 at 10:48 PM UTC