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Cali McBryson

I've lived. I've died. Fell in love a thousand times. And don't regret a thing I've done, this time

About Me

Creativity is an untamed winged beast, In need of open skies to possess the need to fly. No matter where a ceiling lies, It's presence alone discourages flight! So I sit, silently rebelling in my cage, If I cannot break free I will be silenced by age. If these bars cannot be broken, My will surely can. Hear the falling of feathers, My wings become weathered, The beast is now only a man. With a broken spirit I am free to leave, But I can't! Crippled by fear and the illusion of needs! How could the beast who once explored the heavens Now walk the streets? So in my frustration I just lie...and sleep. For in my dreams everything is flipped. My wings remain unclipped! my pride unstripped! What are dreams? To me it seems, An alternative reality being slowly conjured, It's foundation growing gradually stronger. So through the power of thought, Through the laws of attraction, My fantasies began to be Plan and action! Swing open the door! Inch my feet to the edge! Repeating "heroes or ghosts!" My mantra...my pledge! From the damaged comes might! From the same few rotting feathers that remain, Spring forth limbs of flight! With my eyes in a vise, Breath burning my lungs, I leap forth, expecting a fall. The air below me remains, I look back towards the cage, There is nothing behind me at all! Am I blind? All this time? My barred guard just a construct of my mind?? It doesn't take a while For the joy of my smile To ecstatically spread through my wings. I weep in elation, Feeling full liberation, And the clarity of mind that it brings.
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My Interests

These are the things that make my life worth living.....God/Nature (one and the same in my mind), good friends, MUSIC, art, poetry, photography, traveling, "cinematic adventures" by myself, learning new instruments, philosophy (the art of asking questions), astronomy (makes me feel small, but I like it), Biology, Jamming with talented musicians, LOVE and making a lot of it, the ocean, sushi, being nice to people who don't expect it, being rude to people who don't expect it lol, working out like a crazy person, running, headbanging and playing air every instrument in the car, laying in the sun, driving down highway 1, well deserved naps, beautiful women (the aesthetically superior sex), The Dungen, hyphy dancing on top of a windmill....Life itself (you can't appreciate the highs without the lows)

I'd like to meet:

A beautiful soul with eyes that smile

Music:

John Mayer, Sigur Ros, Ray LaMontagne, Nick Drake, John Legend, Ryan Adams, Jonny Lang, Damien Rice, Underoath, Unearth, Killswich Engage, As I Lay Dying, Misery Signals, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Feist, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Between The Buried And Me, SRV, The Used, Fiona Apple, Aqualung, Atreyu, A Life Once Lost, Common, The Cure, Dallas Green, A Tribe Called Quest, Oh Sleeper, , Deftones, The Red Chord, Nina Simone, Pink Floyd, Kanye West, 311, Al Green, Kaki King, Lamb Of God, August Burns Red, Clipse, Dr Dre, Justin Timberlake, The Human Abstract, Glen Hansard, Avenged Sevenfold, Band Of Horses, Hypocrisy, Daath, Dave Matthews Band, Demon Hunter, Soilwork, The Mars Volta, Boys Night Out, Burial, Circa Survive, Incubus, Mercury Rev, Mos Def, E-40, Explosions in the Sky, Radiohead, Outkast, Lupe Fiasco, Lauryn Hill, Zwan, Thrice, Norma Jean, Protest The Hero,

Movies:

The Shawshank Redemption, A History Of Violence, Mystic River, The Passion Of The Christ, Heavyweights, Superbad, American Beauty, American Psycho, Mulholland Drive, The Last Samurai, Letters From Iwo Jima, The Machinist, Eastern Promises, Rescue Dawn, The Bourne Redundancy, Brokeback Mountain, Malena, The Lives Of Others, City Of God, There Will Be Blood, Donnie Darko, LOTR, Requiem For A Dream, The Fountain, Pi, Last King of Scotland, Pan's Labyrinth, Munich, Hotel Rwanda, In America, Half Nelson, Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, Collateral, Se7en, 12 Monkeys, Better Luck Tomorrow, American History X

Television:

FUCK TV! Turn it off America!

Books:

Angels & Demons, On The Road, The Final Battle, The Gunslinger, Where The Wild Things Are, The Giving Tree, Living Issues In Philosophy, Naked Pictures of Famous People, Into The Wild, This Is Your Brain On Music, The Essential Dalai Lama, A Breif History of Time, Leaves Of Grass, Eiger Dreams, The Irony Of Democracy, The Da Vinci Code, The Jesus Mysteries, Holy Blood Holy Grail, Divine Proportion, Self-Made Man, The Game, The Lucifer Principle, Breeding Between The Lines

Heroes:

Thomas Jefferson, Christian Bale, Jimi Hendrix, Between The Buried and Me, Jack Kerouac, Chris McCandless, John Krakauer, Jon Stewart, J.R.R. Tolkein, The Dalai Lama, Jesus, Bob Marley, David Fincher, Darren Aronofsky, Dustin Kensrue, Teppei Teranishi, Adam Dutkiewicz, Dave Chappelle, Walt Whitman, Diane Arbus, Salvador Dali......

My Blog

"The Seeds Of Oppression" a poem by Bryce Bishari 2-16-08

As embryonic cells know not what they will form,We truly could be anythingThe moment we are born.Too soon from the wombThe doctor throws your assTo the lion's den of evil men,Of race and social class....
Posted by Cali McBryson on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:39:00 PST

New Song Lyics "The Man I’ve Become" 2-14-08

"You know he canBut he just refusesTo swallow pride andHelp you out.""I really think thatShe could care less,And she can't evenHelp herself."So pardon and sorryFor taking care of meBut someone's got t...
Posted by Cali McBryson on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:33:00 PST

Magic Windows, a love poem by Bryce Bishari

I look into the future and can't comprehend how much I will miss you.Waiting for you was never an issue.I never had a choice.My heart is held captive, I wouldn't dream of escaping. These four walls al...
Posted by Cali McBryson on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:23:00 PST

"Spies of God" short story by Bryce Bishari

  They're everywhere. Not in the sense that we think of spies. Lacking the sly stealth of Robert Redford and Matt Damon characters from the cinema. Lacking even a properly functioning brain. The...
Posted by Cali McBryson on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:48:00 PST

"Doomed As a Late Autumns Bloom" new poem 1-28-08

I mourn in my roomFor a love,Doomed as the late autumn bloom.Its roots dug deeper,Its stem grew longer,All while the days fell shorter.It grew through the frost,Under nativity and cross,Surviving...
Posted by Cali McBryson on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:02:00 PST

"Creativity Caged" new poem 1-25-08

The voice in my head that says "You are going to fail."Sounds a lot like mine, yet it's an older male.With a gruff inflection it pauses, lacking direction.He never offers a better alternativeJust the ...
Posted by Cali McBryson on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:15:00 PST

Rock City and the thoughts it provoked

When did we stop scraping our knees?When dd we outgrow our needs?Outgrew our landfills, so we punish the trees??So I climb in search of elationA thrill beyond simulationGeneration Y is sick from over ...
Posted by Cali McBryson on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:48:00 PST

"The Beginning is Here" a poem by Bryce Bishari

In 5 minutes time!We distinguish day from night!So drastic! yet magic are these changes in life.Though people and places too will R i s e and s e tThey l e a v e youWith the wisdomThey once were l e f...
Posted by Cali McBryson on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:17:00 PST

New Poem "Paper Ropes, Copper Chains"

Wheels allignTo obey highway signsGoing nowhere, from nowhere GPS stationsTrack our destinationsGoing nowhere, from nowhereYellow glass, white paintPulls us where we thoughtWe should be...You've arriv...
Posted by Cali McBryson on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 02:13:00 PST

New Song "Saving Two" lyrics

The life, that you see when you,Close your eyes, isn't quite the truth.So you drink till you think that the end's your only means,And sleep all you can to escape the world outside your dreams. Wh...
Posted by Cali McBryson on Thu, 24 May 2007 05:14:00 PST