Rooms filled with laughter and sunshine
People who come to be so free and fine
Friendly wonderful folk who hug and kiss
Good hearts vibrating, rising out of the mist
Love, affection and caring for fellow humanity
Is not something which comes out of insanity
It is a very special quality within bounds of all
No matter whether they chat or choose to call
For we all reach out to hold another close to us
Something we can do quite fully without any fuss
But it takes honest approach in all we say and do
In order to get to know folks without getting blue
The hope is we can do it with selfless abandon
In order to explore other minds with no hand in
Upsetting or disturbing emotions so very tender
Which spin in hearts and minds as they remember
Times past when folks have come from other places
Than those we are in when special people grace us
With their presence and their outreaching of purity
Which comes only from good breeding and maturity
- Tristram
Christopher W. Thomas
5:45pm Friday, March 13th, 1998