Time tells ... some things never change

For certain attitudes are carved in stone

And as time unfurls ... that limited range

Becomes even more entrenched in bone



So many minds caught in acute dilemmas

Of their own making ... and out on a ledge

Set in ways which have no apt promise ...

For they've taken stands and will not budge



And up against this absolute, solid rock wall

With no cracks, no fissures ... no easements

Comes an astute man who totally gives his all 

But then finds there is just no appeasements



In a secure world which turns and evolves

Changes are welcomed, one after the other

But in the opposite sphere ... there's a toll

For insecurity is camouflaged under a cover



And this makes folks act without consideration

As they use their crude tools to try and usurp ...

Attempting to change the course with impatience

But all they wind up doing is inflicting self-hurt



- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas

10:43am Sunday, Dec. 13th, 1998