Sometimes we move on through our lives

Without checking to see whether we're tied

And this can cause some loose ends to unravel

And before we know it - we slip on the gravel



The best thing we can do to keep from slipping - ?

(Keep checking ourselves to see we're not tripping ...

On our very own laces - maybe flapping in the breeze

As we run about, winding in and out of all the trees)



Best to stay out in the open where the lightning storms

Have a lesser chance of hurting us, as the thunder forms

But the very best thing altogether we can do to save the day

Is to hang up those laces, and slide into slip-ons that'll stay ...



- Tristram



(c) Christopher W. Thomas

8:30pm Sunday, Sept. 20th, 1998