You know me
only peripherally
and boldly advise
what I should do
to set my life right

like an HM or pastor
you boasted you knew better
I needed help being on the wrong side
of things-- I would slip further

away unless my conscience I search
bid the past goodbye
you would audit me then
with a warning: 'Our truth you should not deny'--

won't you leave me
to my ignorance and folly?
however wayward I might find myself
yet my life is lived in freedom and I am happy.