Something new came my way today

It's a somewhat genuine pearl ...

A gift of a guestbook - nothing to pay!

So I thought I would give it a whirl ...



Before now, it seemed criminal to me

To be insulted, when you pay a fee!!!

Or to have to put up with banners ...

Promoting other folks' planners ... 



So I held off doing anything till now

(Didn't want to have a furrowed brow)

All because folks can say mean things

Then it reflects on later Thoughts' ring



And the work then takes on a heaviness

Which tends to reflect back uneasiness

Instead of being open and uplifting ...

A natural bent of the work drifting ...



Between Thoughts' pages and Park

(Although a few there are a little dark)

But the bulk of it really is rather sweet

When mind wanders on its own beat ...



- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas

3:55pm Monday, Dec. 7th, 1998



Pearl Harbor Day