Stuck in the tide of your love

Memories of things above

In the mind and the heart 

You've won your new start



Tried so hard to keep you

Tears fell from eyes blue

Wanted to hug and to hold

Wouldn't let me be so bold 



Tugs at my heart collapsed

You built a wall - it trapped

My soul, then stirred and fell

You walked upon it to sell



Your idea I had no right to hurt

When informed I'd not be part

Of your sharing with others

Your celebration at mother's



Leaving me totally alone

At home and on my own

Been there so often before

Blue holidays over a score



Of years past - so very many

Family exclusion has sullied 

So many loves over the years

Now again, brought to tears



Disappointment makes one do

Many things one has no right to

But it doesn't change the fact

Being alone in winter is a pact



Made with the devil in my mind

It hurts when true love is so blind

But this is the way it must now be

For the tide of your love soaks me



Christopher W. Thomas

5:50pm Thurs 11/20/97