When we go from one extreme to another

Others observe and choose to take cover

There is a way to moderate some things

All one has to do is closely listen to rings



Which jingle and jar our rattled nerves

And adjust things accordingly to serve

Our better judgment - which we all have

All we need do is listen to our mind's trap



There are things we see when selective

Which can prime our other perspective

Causing us to moderate views and tasks

And allow room for ideas to be unmasked



Until we take in the quite larger overview

We'll sit and ponder and boil in our stew

Some others have some very valid reasons

Which can be seen from season to season



All we need do is step back from our own self

And consider the validity of other's points well

Practical considerations sometimes abound

... Accept more willingly, and you'll have found



The extremes with which you live day in, day out

Will no longer be so ... and others will learn about

The moderate way you now have of looking at life

Thus you will lessen your tension - and your strife



Christopher W. Thomas

5am Sunday, November 16th, 1997