Call to me when you\’re still

and haven\’t felt the chill of shame

in a while.

Should you feel too free,

you need only me to comfort you

until freedom comes again.

And when you need reminding

of why you\’ve been hiding away

I can help.

In spite of the understanding

that all my demanding is anything

but reasonable.

Everyone knows that life without me
is too strange, too hard to see
in the distance.

Let\’s abide a while
and make living a trial with each
heavy step.

Right and wrong, free and fair,
there is no hair too thin
to split.

Just remember how good the burden feels!
The weight you can carry seals your place
in history.

Perhaps in time our ways will part,
until then I\’ll play my part and be here
waiting with fetters.