Now there are ways to revitalize my life

For you have removed a source of strife

By clearly indicating to me it was a fling

And you could never see beyond this ring



That realization made me cry and whimper

For the thinness of your love made me simper

And so I took myself out of your overall picture

Now you can deal with what you need to, sure



For I shall not complicate your life at all, anymore

I'm not sure it would have worked - at your door

As your life is filled with so many inconsistencies

Mine is not, for I share only with a dog, and trees



And so, my sweet, you must now get on with it

Your focus on repairing a marriage which sits

So squarely on shoulders and around your head

Something you must deal with, so lightly tread ...



- Tristram



Christopher W. Thomas

1:57pm Friday Jan. 9th, 98