Days bleed energy from your body

Mind tires, lightening access roads

Depleting reserves, slowing hobbies

Body tears at mind, going it alone ...

Feet ache with the intensity of fire

As senses are stirred, mind's muzzled

Words are silent, making heart a lier

Tongue vibrates ... jarring the puzzle

Sentences then ripple across the page

Forming objective truths for interpretation

Or, perhaps - memories of another age

Or, it could be - vital facts of stipulation

But, chances are - they're slanted one way

The way the body and mind leans today ...



- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas

1:35am Sun. Sept. 6th, 1998