Whether we are talking about herbs

Or the "out of sight, out of mind" inert

The fact is - people are soon forgot

When they keep well out of earshot



And the idea our "missing you" theme

Is always "under skin" is a lost gleam

For time has a way of eroding minds

And then - absence - makes one blind



- Tristram



© Christopher W. Thomas

10:08am Friday, Feb. 5th, 1999