So much happens to us as we go into situations and out

Some of this leaves permanent scars upon our snouts

We feel intensely, and because of this, we give our all

And then -  when we are maligned, we feel like a fool



I don't know if we ever recover our dignity by opening up

But, sometimes - it pays to put things out there - then cuts

Will not fester and cause further problems down the road

Which often happens - if we have not seen, then  showed



We have no aces up our sleeves to use to perform magic

For the tricks are only in our minds, and this is quite tacit

When we play games with the past and others' feelings

Can thus be affected severely, and they're sent reeling



So it's best to be as open and as honest as possible

For when you are - there is no way you can be pulled

So live your life this way and then you will start to see

Improvements in how you relate to the world, and be



Genuine in your intent and you will reap the benefit

For honest feelings can be so much more complete

Than pretensions - which mask the very inside shell

Which is always there ... and as we know it so well 

 

Some semblance of it will always rise to the top

And when it does - you'd better be ready to stop

The domino effect your disguise tried to mask 

Because you weren't really hiding - so now ask



Yourself some very important questions - do it now

Deal with your feelings - and then you can allow

Emotions which are at cross-purposes within ...

To be mixed, stirred, shaken, and then thinned

 

By pouring them out through a very fine strainer

Which we all have within us - makes us plainer

And when you look at the puree you have made

You will wonder why you waited so long ... 

               and of exactly what you were afraid ....



Christopher W. Thomas

10:42am Sunday November 16th, 1997