Sitting on a sand dune - large and proud

A lone swan shows the world just how

To perch with dignity all alone out there

Right in the middle of the lake - quite bare



Spreading wings gracefully high up in air

Fanning the humidity away from its lair

Then posing for a moment on top of the dune

Before gently encircling itself with wings in tune



A graceful picture filled with quite dignified pride

Of a wonderful bird who knows no shame inside

A feat each one of us would be clever to emulate

By living life in a way which needs not this state



- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas

12:20pm Monday, Aug. 10th, 1998