Reality is real touch ...

We all need so very much

For feelings are sustained

By real hugs, without stain



Those folks who see this not

Are enclosed - even caught

In a maze without an end

Built on a frustration blend



But, like all mazes in life

There is a way to end strife

Go back the way you came

If you do, things will tame



And the pretense you are

Will be lost to the stars ...

Then you will turn a page

And begin ... a new age ...



- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas

9:15am Wednesday, Sept. 16th, 1998