There soon comes a time in all of us

When we must decide about trust ...

Sorting out the good from the bad

Making choices without getting mad



For there are some good folk around

Who are really genuine and sound

And choosing those above the fakes

Is a decision we all can easily make



But it has to come from a good place

Which is not colored by a tight space

In which we find ourselves when hurt

For these bad vibrations tend to skirt



Around the rational sense of mind

For we are caught in quite a bind

Devaluing good and tight connections

Because of a few other imperfections



And so we blind ouselves to truth

For our pain overshadows the good

We've found in others we've cared for

And then back away from that store



Choices must be made from the gut

But colored by interactions which put

Ourselves in a good place continually

And not just once or twice renewed



If we have good vibes time and again

Then chances are we won't complain

When we go over that line to progress

To the very next step in our shared test



- Tristram



Christopher W. Thomas

7:15pm  Thurs. March 12th, 1998