Those who love, set margins to follow

Some of which are difficult to swallow

Setting tabs on lonely hearts seething

With fullness, and yet, barely breathing



The reins of passion are pulled so tight

One wonders if there'll ever be a light

At the end of this long, dark tunnel ...

With feelings squeezed thru a funnel 



Ones which are trapped in a bottleneck

Aching to get out from situation complex

So deep is the pain suffered - a lost cause

For so much of it is governed by real laws



Not those which control our moves out there

But the ones hovering over hearts not spared

Decisions asked to be made about real pairing

Instead of continuing on with this partial sharing 



Does life really need to be pressure from two sides

Or can it be simpler, without knots to make one hide

Are there solutions to this so very imminent frustration

As simple as leaving the security of comfortable station?



Christopher W. Thomas

6:30pm Sunday 1/4/98