An interesting coin of phrase

One heard just yesterday ...

In regard to making a life

As a pair, without any strife



But strife tends to come from those 

Who see not larger view, head to toes

Focusing on smaller things piecemeal

Such as the mundane every-day deals



Instead of dealing with the bricks of life

Which build the walls, founding the highs

From which, when built, we look down below

At ground from where we started without blows



And from that foundation, we shore those bricks

Slowly, but surely, and using all the right tricks

To make sure the mortar sets well between them

So all of the joints will seal, making sound hems



And, then, as we build each layer, going on up

A sound structure develops - solid, quite tough

Finally, it becomes strong enough to support

The weight of the roof - rigid, and quite taut



On top of which we then can build a chimney

From which furnace exhausts can seep in the

Winter-time, when warmth is so much required

To make us cosy and comfortable and inspired



Then attending to the insides of our four walls

In which we deal with so many other fine calls

Such as brewing coffee, tea and other foods

Right to surface - a feat making us feel good ...



- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas

8:30am Wed. April 29th, 1998