In the shadows of time
Out of which we all climb
To find a free and new space
As we vie to find our place
To compete with the unknown
To thrill when victory's shown
To assuage ourselves in defeat ...
When we'd felt we couldn't be beat
To acknowledge our very own faults
To stand high during any assault
To verify with our own pride ...
No matter how much pain inside
Brightening all our own shadows
Doing all our values allow ...
And still feeling we have come out on top
No matter how much time attempts to stop
For no matter what else we win or lose
Time gives us the undenied right to choose
And what we do to turn the shadows off
Is to change our stand in time not scoffed
- Tristram
(c) Christopher W. Thomas
2:40pm Sat. November 21st, 1998