There are so many games which people play

It becomes so very hard to know what to say

Some interpret simple directions to mean

They are invited to become part of a scene



And others profess to love you quite dearly

And then they pull your heartstrings clearly

By plucking at them with tugs which nearly

Unseat you from the chair really quite early



For you have evolved in a relationship which

Made you decide to choose sides and so ditch

Others who have given you their all and well

As you became so intimate and thus did swell



Both your hearts in a completeness so full

You felt you could share with them quite all

The things which happened day-in and day-out

Then you found something to turn your head about



You had called and spoken to someone quite dear

And in the process had talked for sometime clear

Then a mutual friend had asked where we were

And you'd informed them you'd not seen them here 



And this was just hours after you'd been on phone

Professing undying love to them as you'd shown

Your willingness then to tell them all about

The new person you'd met who was quite a lout



Where ARE those people who are so true to values

Which they have placed upon themselves and then do

Everything which they have formulated fully within 

And don't allow ANYTHING to steer on paths which bend?

 

- Tristram