True Colors



Truthfullness about who we are and what we perceive

Is a wonderful trait which must be seen to be believed

Folks who go around spouting stories and ideas spun

Upon quite unstable foundations never can have won



For they lose respect when it is seen as totally false

And then there is no exchanges which can be had at all

For doubt about who they are and what they believe in

Then becomes a test which comes with much chagrin



The only real honesty in life - comes from open minds

And this can only really be seen when one's not blind

To goodness which seeps from deep out of the soul

Which a few do have - this keeps one from feeling old



But many others are stewing in soup-pans which burn

Leaving crusts along the bottom, difficult to discern

Until that same pan is used subsequently yet again

And then the nasty-edged flavor - leaves quite a stain



- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas

1:40pm Saturday April 18th, 1998



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