In the past, you have made my heart sizzle

But now, as the rain outside just drizzles

The rhythm which had kept me all aglow

Now has fallen behind, and heart slows



What was absolutely wonderful once ...

Now is a slight murmur in a stalled trance

And the beauty of a life together shared

Is not to be at all, for you have now dared



To stop the train barreling through the tunnel

As the bleakness of days without you pummels

And my heart's stopped the everlasting pining

For goodness we shared when you were minding 



- Tristram



Christopher W. Thomas

5:17pm Friday Jan. 30, 98